《财富》获悉，前摩根士丹利首席执行官麦晋桁(John Mack)日前以100万美元个人资金投资于电子商务创业公司AHAlife.com。

    这家来自纽约的公司上个月宣布了总额高达1,010万美元的融资，这笔投资就是其中的一部分。其它投资者包括日本的乐天集团（Rakuten）（500万美元）、风投公司DCM（350万美元）和FirstMark Capital（160万美元）。该公司仍然对“寻求价值增加的投资者”开放。

    麦晋桁的投资此前并未披露，作者也无法找到麦晋桁进行此类投资的历史以作参考。唯一的例外也许是借贷俱乐部（Lending Club），麦晋桁今年四月份加入了这家点对点在线借贷平台的董事会。

    目前尚不清楚麦晋桁具体怎么跟AHAlife挂上钩的。这家网站试图代言奢华生活方式，提供由时尚专家蒂姆•冈恩、大厨丹尼尔•博拉德和模特佩特拉•内姆科娃这些潮流人物挑选策划的产品。一个可能性是通过他和对冲基金公司Pequot Capital的老关系，而FirstMark Capital最开始就是Pequot内部的风投部门。也可能是因为他认识AHAlife的共同创始人马特•威尔克森，后者曾在摩根士丹利担任媒体和电信领域的银行家。

    作者给麦晋桁和AHAlife留言寻求置评，如有回应将在本文更新。

    最新消息：作者刚刚与AHAlife首席执行官肖娜•梅通话。梅女士告知作者，麦晋桁的家庭理财室投资于公司的种子期，其子斯蒂芬是AHAlife的产品策划人。梅女士说：“麦晋桁确实很看好公司，我们也很高兴他决定投资。”

    Former Morgan Stanley (MS) CEO John Mack has invested around $1 million of his own money into an e-commerce startup called AHAlife.com, Fortune has learned.

    The investment was part of a $10.1 million fundraising announced by the New York-based company last month, which remains open for "value-added investors." Other backers include Japan's Rakuten ($5m) and venture capital firms DCM ($3.5m) and FirstMark Capital ($1.6m).

    Mack's involvement was not disclosed, and I've not been able to find any other reference to the former Wall Street titan making this type of investment. The only exception may be Lending Club, an online peer-to-peer loan platform that added Mack to its board of directors back in April.

    It's also unclear how Mack got involved with AHAlife, which offers up luxury lifestyle products that are curated by influencers like fashion expert Tim Gunn, chef Daniel Boulud and model Petra Nemcova. One possibility could be his past relationship with Pequot Capital, given that FirstMark Capital began life as Pequot's in-house venture capital arm. Or perhaps he knew AHAlife co-founder Matt Wilkerson, back when Wilkerson was a media and telecom banker with Morgan Stanley.

    I've left message for MAck and AHAlife for comment, and will update this post if they respond.

    Update: Just spoke with AHAlife CEO Shauna Mei, who tells me that Mack's family office invested in her company's seed round. Also, John's son Stephen is an AHAlife curator. "John just really likes the company, and we were very pleased that he decided to invest," Mei says.