Mr. Unger has more than 30 years of experience and
has been
involved in more than $2 billion of transactions in all aspects of
media,
telecom and entertainment. He has
a vast network of financial and operational contacts that allows him to
get the
job done, whether it is a capital raise of debt or equity, the sale or
purchase
of a business or an operational situation that needs improvement.
Prior to founding New Hope Capital, Mr. Unger spent
ten
years as founding partner of Avalon Equity, a private equity fund
specializing
in Media and Communication. Prior
to that, he was a very successful entrepreneur buying and selling
companies for
his own account including Avalon Cable, Audio Communications Network,
Video
Jukebox Network among others. Earlier in his career, he spent 8 years at Vice President
Investment
Banking at Communications Equity Associates, and was CFO of TKR Cable. Mr. Unger has passed the Series 7,
Series 63 and CPA exams. He is a
graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Class
of 1977
and has an MBA from New York University.