Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 22, 2004
STEPHEN H. CAPP is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. He joined the company in January 2003
from the investment banking firm Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in New York
where he was a Managing Director focused on the US leveraged finance
market. In that capacity he worked in numerous industry sectors,
including gaming, and was involved in advising clients and devising
execution strategies for various corporate finance transactions. Mr.
Capp's career in the financial services industry extends from 1989.
Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 1999, Mr. Capp was Group Head of the
Latin America floating-rate debt structuring and distribution business
for BancAmerica Securities in New York. From 1992-1997 he was a Managing
Director for BancAmerica Securities in San Francisco, where he focused
on debt financing transactions for gaming companies principally, but was
also responsible for client transactions in the broadcasting, film
production, theatrical exhibition, high technology and project finance
sectors. Mr. Capp was with Security Pacific Merchant Bank in Los Angeles
as a Vice President from 1989-1992. Mr. Capp earned his BS degree in
1985 from the University of Arizona and his MBA degree in 1989 from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Profile
Mr. Capp: Pinnacle Entertainment is a diversified regional casino hotel
operator. We operate five principal properties in
