What year was the novel featuring the fictional firm Roark Capital Group written?
1943
Roark Capital Group
Roark Capital Group is an American private equity firm with over $6.5 billion in equity capital raised since inception that is focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies primarily in the franchise/multi-unit, restaurant and food, retail healthcare and business services sectors.
 The firm is named for Howard Roark, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's novel, "The Fountainhead".
 The firm's name is not meant to connote any particular political philosophy but instead signifies the firm's admiration for the iconoclastic qualities of independence and self-assurance embodied by The Fountainhead's central figure.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success.
 The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an individualistic young architect who designs modernist buildings and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation.
 Roark embodies what Rand believed to be the ideal man, and his struggle reflects Rand's belief that individualism is superior to collectivism.
Terren Peizer
Terren Scott Peizer dubbed the "Zelig of Wall Street" is currently the Chairman of his personal Los Angeles-based investment company, Acuitas Group Holdings (AGH), which in turn owns 100% of Crede Capital Group (CCG) which invests in public companies, and provides growth capital to small and medium-sized enterprises.
 Since its inception in June 2009, CCG has provided companies with capital commitments and funding in excess of $1.2 Billion.
 Besides its ownership of Crede Capital, Acuitas Group owns 72% of Catasys, Inc., a provider of proprietary big data based analytics and predictive modeling driven behavioral health management services for health plans; and owns 100% of NeurMedix, Inc., a biotech company that develops and commercializes disease modifying small molecules to treat neuro-degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Migraine disease, Huntington’s disease, ALS, MS, Epilepsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Retina disease.
 Peizer is Founder, Chairman of the three Acuitas companies, and is CEO of Catasys, Inc. and Crede Capital Group.
 Having developed a bioscience and healthcare expertise, Peizer’s Crede Capital became the largest shareholder in 22nd Century Group, Inc., a public company that is commercializing bio-plant technology to harm-reduce tobacco, creating very low nicotine and very low tar tobacco products which affect levels of addiction and cancer causing carcinogens.
 On October 1, 2015 New England Journal of Medicine published a landmark study on the company’s very low nicotine spectrum cigarettes.
 In October 2014, Peizer and 22nd Century formed a JV to commercialize the company’s products in China with China National Tobacco Company, the largest tobacco company in the world and the largest monopoly in China.
 China represents over 50% of the worldwide tobacco market. Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group, Inc. is an American private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments.
 Formed in 2010 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Brands, part of Univision Communications, and part of Celestial Tiger Entertainment. Paul D. Ginsberg
Paul D. Ginsberg is the President of Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm based in Atlanta, Georgia with over $7.3 billion in equity capital raised since inception.
 Roark has acquired 45 multi-unit/franchise businesses that generate more than $24 billion in system revenues from over 27,000 units located in 50 states and 74 countries.
 Roark's current and past portfolio companies include Arby's, Auntie Anne's, Batteries Plus Bulbs, Carl's Jr., Carvel, Cinnabon, Corner Bakery, Drybar, Econo Lube, Great Expressions Dental Centers, Hardee's, Il Fornaio, Jimmy John's, Maaco, Meineke, Millers Ale House, Massage Envy, Naf Naf Grill, Orangetheory Fitness, PetValu, Pet Supermarket, Primrose Schools, Take 5 Oil Change, Quala, and Wingstop, among others.
 In addition to his role as President, Ginsberg serves as a director of Great Expressions Dental Centers. Cinnabon
Cinnabon is an American chain of baked goods stores and kiosks, normally found in areas with high pedestrian traffic such as malls, airports and rest stops.
 The company's signature item is a cinnamon roll.
 As of July 2009, over 750 Cinnabon bakeries were operating in more than 30 countries.
 Its headquarters are in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
 The company is owned by Focus Brands, an affiliate of private equity firm Roark Capital Group.
 The President & Chief Operating Officer is currently Kat Cole, who worked her way up from serving as a waitress at a fast casual chain to President & COO of Cinnabon before age 35. Janus Capital Group
Janus Capital Group, Inc. was an American publicly owned investment firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
 The company's asset-management disciplines included growth, core, international, value, mathematical, alternative and fixed-income.
 These products were sold through advisors and financial intermediaries, to institutional investors and directly to retail investors.
 Janus Capital Group was created as a result of the January 1, 2003, merger of Janus Capital Corporation into its parent company, Stilwell Financial Inc.
 Janus Capital Group consists of Janus Capital Management LLC (Janus), INTECH Investment Management LLC (INTECH), and Kapstream Capital Pty Limited (Kapstream), in addition to a range of exchange‐traded products.
 Additionally, Janus Capital Group owns 80% of Perkins Investment Management (formerly Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and Company). Focus Brands
Focus Brands is an affiliate of the Atlanta-based private equity firm, Roark Capital Group, that currently owns the Schlotzsky's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Moe's Southwest Grill, McAlister's Deli, and Auntie Anne's brands.
 It is based in Sandy Springs, Georgia and operates over 5,000 stores. Atkins Nutritionals
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. was founded by Robert Atkins in order to promote the low-carbohydrate packaged foods of the Atkins diet.
 Currently it is owned by Roark Capital Group. Menlo Capital Group
Menlo Capital Group, LLC is a private real estate development company and investment firm with operations in Northern California since 1977.
 Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the group was founded by Silicon Valley real estate entrepreneur Sunil Suri, the Principal and Managing Member of the company.
 Menlo Capital Group India is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
 The group specializes in investments in real estate, financial services, pharmaceuticals, biofuels and transportation.