Robert W. Wrubel

Apollo Education Group, Inc. engages in the provision of educational services, educational support services, consulting services, and technical support services to institutions offering post-secondary education. It offers undergraduate, graduate, certificate, online and on-campus, and non-degree educational programs and services. The company was founded by John G. Sperling in 1973 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad serving technologies.

Aptimus, Inc. operates as an online direct marketing network. It also distributes advertisements for direct marketing advertisers through third party web sites and company owned and licensed email lists. The company was formed in 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Whole Body, Inc. engages in the operation of yoga studios. It offers yoga classes, which include prenatal and private yoga sessions. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Cascade Investment Group, Inc. (CIGI) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The firm is a subsidiary of The Eastern Colorado Bank, ultimately owned by Weed Investment Group, Inc. The firm was founded by Ken Beach, Craig Ralston, and Dana Capozzella in 1985. CIGI offers clients personal, custom investment advice and solutions.

Knowledge Adventure, Inc. develops, publishes and distributes multimedia educational software for use in both schools and homes. The company was founded by William T. Gross, Lawrence S. Gross, and Rick Gibson on June 25, 1991 and is headquartered in La Crescenta, CA.

Highland Capital Partners LLC (Highland Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1987 by Paul A. Maeder and Bob F. Higgins. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, US.

IAC Search & Media, Inc. provides search technology and interface design services. It delivers information retrieval products through a portfolio of web sites, portals, and downloadable applications. The company's search based portal brands include Ask.com, Ask for Kids, Bloglines, Evite, Excite, iWon, and MyWay. The company was founded in 1996 and is located in Oakland, CA.

HotChalk, Inc. provides web-based collaborative software solutions to educational institutions to put their degree programs online. It serves online audience of educators, parents, and students. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.