Mr. Forster has been an investment banker and investor for over 40 years -- the most recent 24 years as an independent, founding and financing companies in the energy and environmental services fields. In his early career, he spent 16 years with Lehman Brothers in its Investment Banking Division. He has served on public company boards of directors, including as Co-founder and Co-chairman of the board of Cheniere Energy. He continues to serve on the Board of Trustees of Mystic Seaport Museum, of which he was Chairman from 2001 to 2007. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.
William D. Forster
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“At age 14 I joined the Jeunesse Orchestra Salzburg and had the benefit of being taught by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for several years. My first summer with the orchestra is a particularly vivid memory: as a new member I practiced the 2nd violin part ahead of the first orchestra rehearsal, only to be assigned to the 1st violins by VPO’s then concertmaster Rainer Küchl. The following 2 weeks were some of the most challenging yet fulfilling days of my youth, getting a glimpse of the extraordinary high standards the members of VPO hold themselves to in order create that unique Viennese sound.” ~ Matthias Ederer, President, VPS