William Brian Little

American businessman1

William Brian Little (1942–2000), known as Brian Little, was one of the founding partners of Forstmann Little & Company, a private equity firm. He graduated from Colgate University in 1964, and he later served as the chairman of the board of trustees.2

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Born 1942, died 2000.1

About

An art building at Colgate was named Little Hall after him in 2001.

Brian Little worked as a senior vice president at White Weld & Co. in Los Angeles. He briefly continued to work at the firm after it was acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1978, and in the same year founded Forstmann Little with brothers Ted and Nick Forstmann.

Little died in 2000 of a heart attack at the age of 58. In addition to his wife, Little was survived by a daughter, Jacqueline P. Little, and a son, Gregory S. Little, both of San Francisco, as well as several grandchildren.

From Wikipedia’s article on William Brian Little, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedColgate University3

Career

Occupation: businessperson.5