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Graham Watson - PhotographerAs recently as early 2011 ordersfor his photographs were fulfilledby, Mellow Johnnys Bike Shop,
Austin, Texas
Capitol Sports & EntertainmentBill StapletonBart KnaggsLaura Ritts, Mark Higgins
USA Cycling Development Foundation
A non-profit organization founded by Weiselto deal with development of US Cycling
Board Members IncludedThom Weisel (President)Lance Armstrong (Director)Steve Johnson (Director)David Williams (Director)Tench Coxe (Also a Livestrong Ambassador)John Bucksbaum (Director)Mark BissellDoug Ellis (Owner Slipstream Sports)Matthew Barger (Secretary/Treasurer)Jeff Garvey
An investment brokerage firmrun by Thomas Weisel
Thom Weisel (President)Jim Ochowicz (Broker)Matthew Barger
US Olympic Committee
Bill Stapleton (Vice President)
Montgomery SubaruCycling Team
CHRIS CARMICHAELArmstrongs coach and founderof Carmichael Training Systems
JIM OCHOWICZFormer employee, Weisel Partners,became President of USA Cycling
and boss of Motorola. Alsowas an advisor at Phonak
THOM WEISELCofounder of Montgomery
Securities and Thom WeiselPartners. Sponsored Armstrong'sfirst trade team and was founding
sponsor of Tailwind SportsDirector of around
30 Companies.
BILL STAPLETONArmstrong's agent since '95,chief management officer of
Livestrong & former vice presidentof U.S. Olympic Committee.
On the board of Tailwind
BART KNAGGSPresident of Tailwind Corporation,on Livestrong board of directors.
Co Founder of CSE with BillStapleton. On the board at
Carmichael Training Systems
Montgomery Securities
Investment bank co-foundedby Thom Weisel. Weisel andmany of the directors wouldlater form TW Partners
Sponsor
Sponsor
Corporate Sponsor
Pharmaceutical company most known formanufacturing the Epogen ® brand ofEPO. Sponsor of Livestrong. Title Spon-sor of the Amgen Tour of California
Funded by:Montgomery SecuritiesSmith BarneyAnd Dean WitterBoard IncludedLewis ColemanKevin Sharer (CEO)
Tailwind SportsCompany set up to manage theUSPS Cycling Team. Ownersincluded Montgomerey Securi-ties (later Weisel Partners),CS&E, and Lance Armstrong.
Directors:Thomas WeiselTerry LeeLance ArmstrongJohn BucksbaumHarvey Schiller(Assante Corp)Bill StapletonJohan BruyneelJohn Burke (Trek)Laura Hundley (CS&E)Bart Knaggs
Steve Johnson (CEO)Jim Ochowicz (President)Matthew Barger (Director)Jeff GarveyMike Plant
USA Cycling
CoachCoach of Armstrong and various Postalriders. Sponsor of Discovery and had amarketing agreement with USA Cycling.Board Members include: Bart Knaggs
Sponsor/Coach
Mar
ketin
g A
gree
men
t
Board Member
7-ElevenCycling Team
MotorolaCycling Team
Team Phonak“Advisor”
BMCCycling Team
In 2000 USA Cyclingwas effectively bankruptwith a deficit of $1.4mThom Weisel organiseda buyout and in returnplaced his own directorsin charge of USA Cycling
Investor
David Williams
John BucksbaumTailwind DirectorAnd Investor in
USAC
Steve JohnsonCEO of USAC
Matthew BargerCommittee Member of
Weisel PartnershipOn the Board of USAC
and UsacDF
Investor
Jeff GarveyFounding Chair of LS
Board at Mellow JohnnysUSAC, and UsacDFFounder of Austin
Ventures.
“Bike Shop” Owned byArmstrong. Managed and
supported by CS&ELance Armstrong
Jeff GarveyRobbie Brennen
Craig StaleyLaura Ritts (CFO)
NXStep Capital Holdings
NXStep Capital
Bakers Bay Lot 49LLC With Armstrong and CS&E Listed as Directors.The company is registered as “Bakers Bay Lot 49Group L L C” whose registered address is the FourSeasons Hotel in Austin where CS&E have a suite
Mellow JohnnysAviation
Owned the Plane Charteredby Livestrong
Laura Ritts (CFO)Bart Knaggs (Manager)
CS&E Pro CyclingBill StapletonBart KnaggsLaura Ritts
Waterloo CyclingBill StapletonBart KnaggsLaura Ritts
Armstrong Performance
CS
&E
Holdings
JOHAN BRUYNEELDirector at Tailwind, DS at
Postal, Discovery etc.
Arm
strongs Agent
Joseph C Aragona
Bakers Bay Lot 48Owner by Joseph C Aragona - Company registered as “Bakers Bay Lot48 Group LLC” whos registered address is a $3.5m house in Austin, TXand registered address for the Aragona Family Foundation
Nycomed Salutar
Biotech companymanufacturing Actovegin
found in the rubbish of the US Postalteam during the 2000 Tour de France.Montgomery has financial holdings in
5am Ventures whose CEO was formerCEO of Nycomed. Actovegin was not
banned by the UCI until 2001
AEGPhilip AnschutzAndrew Messick (Former President)
Lewis ColemanDirector at Montgomery,
Amgen, andDreamworks
AMGENTOUR OFCALIFORNIA
Sponsor
Philip Anschutz
REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Philip AnschutzLewis Coleman
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
Philip AnschutzLewis ColemanKevin Sharer
Kevin SharerCEO and Chairman ofthe board, Amgen, Inc.
And Directorof Northrop Grumman.
Philip Anschutz
Mike Plant
Hein Verbruggen
Notes:This plan is intended to show business links over the period 1990 to 2012. Directorships, or business involvements maynot be current but are intended to reflect past and ongoing relationships.
Companies not detailed:San Francisco Cycling - Owned by Tailwind Sports and Capital Sports and EntertainmentThreshold Sports (David Chauner and Jerry Casale) - Part Owner in Tailwind Cycling
Ow
ns Shares n Trek
Armstrong credited Epogen with saving his life during cancer treatment
Energy ProductCompany part
owned byArmstrong
Managed byCS&E
Energy ProductCompany part
owned byArmstrong
Corporate S
ponsor
A note on companies owned byArmstrong who are sponsors ofLivestrong. These companies activelyprofit from Livestrong selling theirproducts at Livestrong Events
LANCE ARMSTRONG
Sponsor
Weisel born in the Mayo Clinic 1941
NOTES
US PostalCycling Team
Discovery ChannelCycling Team
CSE Realty PartnersReal estate Investment Companyfunded by Armstrong andCS&E
Corporate S
ponsor
Andrew MessickFormer president of AEG,Director of ATOCNow CEO of WTC
Corporate S
ponsor
Johan Bruyneel Sports Management
Geert Duffeleer (Duffy)PA To Bruyneel, director of
JB Sports Management, as wellas operations director for US
Postal. Strangely was also teamchef at Postal/Astana & now
Radioshack
Johan BruyneelGeert Duffeleer (Director of Operations)
1 Thomas Weisel2 John Bucksbaum (GGP) 7.7%3 Terry Lee (Bell Sports Corp) 4%4 Harvey Schiller5 Lance Armstrong 10% (Approx)
6 Bill Stapleton (CS&E)7 Johan Bruyneel8 John Burke (Trek)9 Bart Knaggs (CS&E)10 Laura Hundley?? (CS&E)11 David Williams (Williams Trading)12 Matthew Barger (Weisel Partners)13 Richard Cashin, Jr. (J.P.Morgan Chase)14 Ward W Woods (Bessemer Securities)15 Kenneth Barnett (Michigan marketing executive who was aninvestor but claimed he had no voice in Tailwind operations)
The Owners of Tailwind Sports
How one group of men shapedCycling from the nineties
16 Mark Gorski (Owner and Team Manager)17 Dan Osipow (Owner and Team Manager)
*There are conflicting reports on the number of owners.Most set it at 15, some other sources say 20.* yellow italics denote known donators to the Floyd Fairness Fund
CEO of Williams Trading In-vestment Group - Invested in
Tailwind, Livestrong andUSACDF
Williams’ relationship withArmstrong soured. A long-time donator to Livestronghe wanted to use their logoin a brand of insoles, thiswas refused and the rela-tionship ended.When Floyd Landis wasconsidering making his alle-gations against ArmstrongWilliams was one of thepeople he contacted, andWilliams advised him tospeak out, claiming he didntgive this advice because ofhis dispute with Armstrong.
Bakers Bay are property lots in the Bahamas of approx 1.5acres eachvalued at around $4m each. There is a certain amount of controversy from the local residents overthe various developments on the Island including allegations of deforestation, chemical runoff, and coral bleaching, and human health hazards.
Design, concept and layout © 2012
Corporate Sponsor
The “Millionaires Club”, Long time donators to USA Cycling, many were owners of Tailwind Sports, Sponsors or Fundraisers for Livestrong,and most are on the board at USA Cycling. These are the men that controlled the sport in America. All enjoy the trappings of these associa-tions, rides with Lance, contact with the Pro’s as well as being members of the USA Development Foundation bringing through the youngAmerican Riders in the sport. Many such as Michael Patterson, Robson Walton and Bennett Dorrance also compete as Masters racers.
Notable members include John Doerr (Board member at Google), Walton (Chairman of Wal-Mart) and Dorrance, Heir to the Campbells SoupEmpire
Online fitness site recently thesubject of a large cash injectionfrom Austin Ventures. Otherpartners include the CompetitorGroup.
Bill Stapleton (chief management officer)Bart Knaggs (Director)Lance Armstrong (Director)Jeff Garvey (Founding Chairman)
For Profit Health and Fitness website. Thisis the result of a strategic partnership be-tween LAF, and Demand Media. In returnfor use of the name, both LAF and Lancereceived sizeable shares in Demand Media.
Creator of online content.
Demand has a licensing agreement to build theLivestrong.com website. In return Lance Arm-strong Foundation, Lance personally, as well asCS&E received shares in the company. WhenDemand Media went public the LAF receivedjust over $3m from the sale of its shares. Nei-ther Armstrong or Capital Sports & Entertain-ment were lamong the shareholders listed asselling their stock in the IPO
Patrick McQuaid
People who take part inCarmichaels $1k+ trainingpackages get priority entryto the Leadville 100 race.Almost impossible to attendwithout.
The Millionaires Club
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SOURCES
Joe AragonaPartner at Austin Ventures
and on the Livestrong BoardDirector at NXStep Capital
who are on the board ofMellow Johnnys
Austin VenturesInvestment company founded byJeff GarveyBoard includes Joe Aragano (Livestrong, MellowJohnnys)
Owns BazaarvoiceInvestor in MapmyFitness.com
Scott DonaldsonPartner at Austin
Ventures and founding chairmanof Lance Armstrong Foundation’sYoung Leadership Cancer Council
A public strategies companytasked with shaping
public opinion.Clients include Trek,Oakley,Livestrong,
Lance Armstrong & Radi-oshack.
Owned by Austin Ventures
Training centrebased at MellowJohnny’s. Ownedand run by KevinLivingston, formerrider at Motorola,Cofidis and US
Postal,
Sports management companybased in Austin. Involved in theorganisationof Livestrong Chal-lenge races and affiliates of PedalHard Training Centre
Sports management companybased in Atlanta. Involved in theorganisation of Livestrong Chal-lenge races and affiliates of PedalHard Training Centre. Also in-volved in Tours of Georgia, China,Missouri, Utah, USPCC, Tour duPont, and Amgen Tour of Califor-nia. Medallist is also a technicalpartner in Richmond 2015 inc.
Michael O.Johnson
CEO HerbalifeAlso on the
board atDreamworks
Paul SherwenBroadcaster
Former Press Officerof Motorola. Paid
speaker forLivestrong at
various events
Phil LiggettBroadcaster. Paid
speaker forLivestrong at
various events
Bob RollBroadcaster. FormerMotorola rider, Paid
speaker forLivestrong at
various events
Non-Profit bidding for the 2015World ChampionshipsKey Personel:Tim MillarDavid Kalman
Sports Manage-ment Companyoriginally behindthe 2015 WorldChampionshipbid, and the Tourof IrelandDarach McQuaidTim MillarDavid KalmanDan RubinKirk Leidy(Former USACPresident)
International Business Investment Corporation
Grey Crown Resources
Paul SherwenGaryFitchet
Busitema Mining Co
Paul Sherwen (MD)
Canmin Resources
Hans HansenWilson Ongem
Tira Gold Mine
Shareholders Include:Paul SherwenLance ArmstrongMike PlantJim Ochowicz
On the board of USAC, as-sociate of Philip Anschutzand shareholder in PaulSherwens Ugandan goldmine
Mark HigginsArmstrongs long timeassociate and Man-ager. Boardmemberat CS&E
Sports entertainment com-pany that negotiated the
Radioshack deal. Also ma-jor donators to Livestrongvia the Wasserman Foun-
dation