Corporate Turnaround Expert Jerome B. York Joins Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. and William Cohen as Keynote Speakers at Dow Jones Private Equity Conference; The 12th Annual Event Sept. 20 & 21 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Jerome B. York, the man who helped shape the recoveries of Chrysler and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , will talk about corporate turnarounds and the role of private equity at the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Private Equity Analyst Conference to be held here at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on Sept. 20 and 21. Now in its 12th year, the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference is private equity's leading networking event and features a number of prominent industry leaders in key speaking roles. Mr. York served as chief financial officer of both Chrysler and IBM, shaping their recoveries in the 1990s then joined the boards of Apple Computer and Tyco International, where he also participated in their turnaround activities. Now, he is advising Kirk Kerkorian on his recent investment in General Motors. Mr. York will be discussing the role private equity firms play in creating economic wealth and serving as catalysts for turnarounds by public companies in an on-stage. The interview with Mr. York will be conducted by Joseph B. White, Pulitzer prize winning reporter and Detroit bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. Other notable keynote speakers at the conference include: Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of WL Ross & Co. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Mr. Ross, dubbed "the king of bankruptcy," by Fortune, will be interviewed by Henny Sender of The Wall Street Journal and will discuss his latest investment ideas, opportunities in Asia, and other topics. The Honorable William Cohen, former secretary of defense under President Clinton will share his insight into a range of global issues affecting the environment for private equity investing, including national security, international relations, trade and global economics. Additional insightful perspectives will be offered over the two-day conference by Leslie A. Brun, chairman emeritus, Hamilton Lane Advisors; Edward Glassmeyer, general partner, Oak Investment Partners; Steven Klinsky, Managing Director and CEO, New Mountain Capital; and Paul Gigot, Pulitzer prize winner and editor of the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal. The Private Equity Analyst Conference is sponsored by KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol ; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Warburg Pincus LLC; Nixon Peabody LLC; UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System Investment Bank; Churchill Capital; Duff & Phelps LLC; Palmeri Fund Administrators; Merrill Corporation; and Paul Capital Partners. For more information or to register, contact (866) 291-1800, or visit: http://www.dowjones.com/events/peac/index.html About Private Equity Analyst Private Equity Analyst (www.PrivateEquityAnalyst.com), published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., is the leading provider of data, news and analysis for private equity professionals. Related products include The Venture Capital Analyst (Technology and Health Care editions); a series of senior level executive conferences including the Private Equity Analyst Conference (NY), the Private Equity Analyst Outlook Conference (NY) and The Limited Partners Summit series (NY, SF, Zurich); cutting edge research reports on critical private equity topics such as terms and conditions, compensation and liquidity trends; and, the most respected and referenced directories for the industry including Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory and The Directory of Alternative Investment Programs. 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