Which singer/actress founded Maverick Records in 1992?
Maverick (company) Maverick (company) Maverick was an American entertainment company founded in 1992 by Madonna, Frederick DeMann, and Veronica "Ronnie" Dashev, and formerly owned and operated by Warner Music Group. It included a recording company (Maverick Records), a film production company (Maverick Films), book publishing, music publishing, a Latin record division (Maverick Musica), and a television production company. The first releases for the company were Madonna's 1992 coffee table publication "Sex" and her studio album "Erotica", which were released simultaneously to great controversy. DeMann was bought out of the company for a reported $20 million in 1998. Guy Oseary increased his stake
Maverick Capital David Singer). On October 2014, Maverick announced that it would be hitting the startup scene by launching its first venture capital fund on January 1, 2015. Many of its investments involve healthcare and biotechnology. Some of its investments include OnLive, Zenefits, Science Exchange, and Apptimize. By the end of 2015, it carried over $6.9 billion in holdings. Maverick Capital Maverick Capital is a long/short equity hedge fund in Dallas, TX founded by in 1993 by Lee Ainslie. In 1993, Lee Ainslie (who was just 28 at the time, and a Tiger Cub, or a protege under Julian Robertson at Tiger