Bio

Bruce Baker serves on the Advisory Board of WWCAP and is a managing partner of Worldwide Associates, an affiliated company of WWCAP. As Managing Director and Founder of Worldwide Associates and Worldwide Communications, Inc. (formerly known as Affiliated Holdings), Mr. Baker manages and oversees operations of all of its subsidiaries, and coordinates mergers and acquisitions, public offering, strategic development, and private financing transactions. Mr. Baker began building the Affiliated Holdings empire over 20 years ago after helping and pioneering the telecommunication industry for 10 years. His endeavors in the industry include buying, building, and selling eleven communication companies of his own. While teaming with companies such as AT&T, Southern Bell, ITT, ATC, MCI, Sprint, and the likes, he has gained profound insights not only in the industry, but also in the corporate banking arena. In recent years, Mr. Baker has completed mergers and acquisitions totaling more than US$200 million, and raised over US$400 million in venture and investment capital, with over 27 projects to his credit. Mr. Baker's significant achievement is in assembling an elite team of investment bankers, business and financial advisors to address all aspects of corporate development and financing. Mr. Baker received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.