▁Le ad ership ▁Award . ▁In ▁his ▁accept ance ▁speech , ▁he ▁referred ▁to ▁his ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁supporting ▁the ▁In noc ence ▁Project — that ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁moment ▁he ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁the ▁government ' s ▁charges , ▁he ▁realized ▁that ▁there ▁must ▁be ▁other ▁innoc ent ▁people ▁who ▁were ▁in ▁prison ▁but ▁unlike ▁him ▁they ▁lack ed ▁the ▁resources ▁to ▁fight ▁for ▁justice . ▁ ▁Q atal yst ▁Group ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Qu attr one ▁founded ▁Q atal yst ▁Group , ▁a ▁high - end ▁corpor ate ▁advis ory ▁firm ▁focused ▁on ▁technology . ▁Al most ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁firm ▁issued ▁its ▁found ing ▁press ▁release , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁advis ing ▁Google ▁on ▁the ▁Y ahoo ▁take over ▁deal ▁pending ▁with ▁Microsoft . ▁The ▁article ▁reporting ▁the ▁collaboration ▁said : ▁" That ▁Mr . ▁Schmidt ▁( CE O ▁of ▁Google ▁Inc .) ▁would ▁call ▁on ▁Mr . ▁Qu attr one ▁is ▁no ▁surprise . ▁The ▁two ▁men ▁have ▁worked ▁together ▁for ▁years , ▁and ▁Mr . ▁Schmidt ▁was ▁even ▁quoted ▁in ▁the ▁press ▁release ▁announ cing ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Q atal yst ▁( Mr ▁Qu attr one ' s ▁new ▁consult ing ▁and ▁invest ment ▁bank ing ▁vent ure ) ▁' I ▁look ▁forward ▁to ▁working ▁with ▁him ▁again ▁and ▁am ▁very ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁Q atal yst ' s ▁prospect s ▁for ▁success .' " ▁ ▁Q atal yst ▁has ▁since ▁ad vised ▁on ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁high