private industry asset management founded 1998 headquarters san francisco california united states key people william hambrecht president and ceo products financial services investment banking investment management number of employees 100 website www.wrhambrecht.com wr hambrecht co. is a full service investment bank with headquarters in san francisco and offices in new york boston philadelphia and tokyo . it specializes in using its unique auction process called openipo to compete with the traditional methods of larger and more established banks . recently it has underwritten companies such as google and interactive brokers . the firm has financial backing from industry leaders including american century crimson ventures epartners fidelity ventures novell and park avenue equity capital partners . sources edit open and fair why wall st. hates auctions external links edit official website retail monex hambrecht inc. tokyo office retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wr hambrecht % 2b co & oldid 743700597 categories investment banksfinancial services companies of the united statesbanks established in 1998financial services companies established in 1998companies based in san franciscohidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view