Internet Analyst Andrea Williams Joins EOFFERING; Former Volpe Brown Managing Director Joins Online Investment Bank's Research Team

Business Wire, June 9, 1999

SAN FRANCISCO & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1999--

E*OFFERING, the full-service online investment bank backed by E

RADE (NASDAQ: EGRP) and Sandy Robertson, the founder and former CEO
of Robertson Stephens & Co., has appointed Andrea Williams to lead
E*OFFERING's investment research coverage of consumer Internet
content.
     Williams comes to E*OFFERING from Volpe Brown Whelan & Company,
where she was managing director and consumer Internet content
specialist, covering companies such as AOL, Excite, Yahoo!, Infoseek
and Lycos. Prior to Volpe Brown, Williams worked as a management
consultant at McKinsey & Co., and Theodore Barry & Associates. She
holds a B.A. in economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from
Stanford University.
     "E*OFFERING now has two of the most respected voices in the
industry: first, Senior Research Analyst Gary Craft, covering
electronic financial services and now Andrea Williams," said Walter
Cruttenden III, founder and CEO of E*OFFERING. "As a leading authority
on AOL and portal sites, Williams's insightful coverage will further
distinguish E*OFFERING's research division."
     E*OFFERING is the first investment bank to provide all classes of
investors worldwide with free access, 24 hours a day, to high-caliber
proprietary professional research from well-known analysts who cover
the Internet, technology, e-financial services, telecommunications,
and healthcare sectors. Investors can request to receive information
or research updates via e-mail, or participate in an e-conference or
other Web-site events.

About E*OFFERING
     E*OFFERING, an online investment banking firm funded in part by
E*TRADE Group, Inc. and Sandy Robertson, founder and former CEO of
Robertson Stephens & Co., provides full service investment research
and capital markets capabilities to institutional and individual
investors. Founded in January 1999 by Walter Cruttenden III,
E*OFFERING has offices in San Francisco and Newport Beach, California,
and has more than 100 employees.