Since its founding in 1990, ABS Capital has drawn on a strong heritage of fostering leading growth companies. In the 1970’s, Don Hebb, later the President and CEO of Alex. Brown & Sons and later the founder of ABS Capital, established Alex. Brown’s investment banking services with a laser-like focus on growth company niches. The firm was known for its expertise in many of the growth industries driving the U.S. economy. Alex. Brown rose to national prominence, banking industry-defining companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Starbucks and Stryker Corporation. ABS Capital, an independent venture capital firm since 1995, was built on the same foundation that had fueled Alex. Brown's rise -- a relentless commitment to advancing market-changing growth companies