Article: CEO’s Corner: Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne on Expansion, Sales Tax, More

CEO’s Corner: Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne on Expansion, Sales Tax, More MERCEDES CARDONA, 24 March 2011 Online retailer Overstock.com (OSTK) has been on a tear lately. Even after increasing its spending on marketing and technology, the company boosted its earnings 79% and its revenue 24% in fiscal 2010. It’s now gearing up for international expansion, recently …

Article: Innovation Mandate: Patrick Byrne Lays It On The Line

Innovation Mandate: Patrick Byrne Lays It On The Line Doug Henschen, 10 December 2010 Online discount retailer Overstock.com is recognized as a world-class technology organization. Using advanced information management technology, for instance, it can roll up its profit-and-loss position in two hours, giving executives accurate, up-to-date insight for fast decision-making.

Web: Patrick Byrne, Facing Dilemma, Lashes Out at Penson Financial

Patrick Byrne, Facing Dilemma, Lashes Out at Penson Financial Gary Weiss gary-weiss.com, 9 October 2009 Sam Antar today describes the serious dilemma facing Patrick Byrne, the wacky CEO of Overstock.com. Thanks to an SEC investigation instigated by Sam, who has posted frequently about how Overstock has systematically inflated its financial statements, Byrne is caught between …

Article: Overstock and Patrick Byrne Continue Naked Short Selling Jihad

Overstock and Patrick Byrne Continue Naked Short Selling Jihad Thomas J. Catino, 08 November 2008 Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) President, Dr. Patrick Byrne, has continued to up the ante in his vocal public battle against a coordinated campaign of short sellers who have allegedly targeted his company’s shares. After appearing over the summer on a CNBC …

Web: Patrick Byrne Covers Up Ownership of ‘Deep Capture’ Smear Site

Patrick Byrne Covers Up Ownership of ‘Deep Capture’ Smear Site Gary Weiss gary-weiss.com, 19 June 2008 A couple of months ago I described how Overstock.com’s terminally wacky CEO Patrick Byrne has thrown caution (and any lingering sanity) to the winds and was openly sponsoring attacks on journalists and other critics, on a smear site that …

Article: Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne is waging an EXTRAORDINARY CAMPAIGN against short-sellers. The hedge fund guys say he has underperformed. He says they are tools of a sinister “SITH LORD.”

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne is waging an EXTRAORDINARY CAMPAIGN against short-sellers. The hedge fund guys say he has underperformed. He says they are tools of a sinister “SITH LORD.” BETHANY MCLEAN, 14 November 2005 Even hardened denizens of Wall Street were shocked by a conference call that Patrick Byrne, the CEO of online retailer Overstock.com, …

Article: The Renaissance Man of E-Commerce Patrick Byrne has done more in his 37 years than most do in a lifetime. Will that make his company, Overstock.com, a success?

The Renaissance Man of E-Commerce Patrick Byrne has done more in his 37 years than most do in a lifetime. Will that make his company, Overstock.com, a success? Nicholas Stein, 07 February 2000 How many Internet CEOs spend their adolescence learning allegorical life lessons from Warren Buffett? And how many then go on to follow …

Entrepreneur: Patrick M. Byrne

Patrick M. Byrne  (born November 29, 1962) is an American entrepreneur who was the CEO of Overstock.com. In 1999, Byrne launched Overstock.com after leading two smaller companies, including one owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. In 2002, Byrne took Overstock.com public. Since its initial public offering, Overstock.com has increased revenue to almost $1.8 billion, while …

Victim: Dr. Patrick M. Byrne

Dr. Patrick M. Byrne received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Asian studies from Dartmouth College, a master’s in philosophy (ethics) from Cambridge University as a Marshall Scholar, and a doctorate in philosophy (focusing on political theory, jurisprudence, and economics) from Stanford University. Patrick served as chairman, president and CEO of Centricut, LLC, a manufacturer …

Article: Overstock.com CEO Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Named Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 Retail and Consumer Products Award Winner

Overstock.com CEO Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Named Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 Retail and Consumer Products Award Winner PRNewswire, 16 November 2011 Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), today announced that its CEO and Chairman Dr. Patrick M. Byrne, was named the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Retail and …

Article: Overstock’s Byrne claims $5m scalp over short selling

Overstock’s Byrne claims $5m scalp over short selling Cade Metz, 09 December 2009 Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has said that hedge fund Copper River Partners paid his company $5m this afternoon to settle claims it colluded to denigrate Overstock and then profit from short positions in the retailer’s shares. Byrne – who has waged a …

Web: Byrne: SEC Enforcement Division Takes Orders From Short-Sellers

Byrne: SEC Enforcement Division Takes Orders From Short-Sellers Gary Weiss gary-weiss.com, 19 September 2009 Patrick Byrne has a new conspiracy theory to explain why his corporate crime petri dish Overstock.com is under investigation by the SEC. Seems that short sellers, in addition to having a fax machine at CNBC, also have a hotline to the …