Original sentence: Other questionable management allegations included rampant nepotism (at one point, four of Savvis' top officers were 1st degree relatives of Rob McCormick, the CEO); questionable stock bonus programs; and questionable uses of company funds (for instance, paying for non-employees to attend company sponsored "reward programs" such as the annual "Presidents Club Retreat").The main investor in SAVVIS, "Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe" (a private investment bank) has been widely reported to have lost almost three quarters of a billion dollars in the first four years of SAVVIS' existence as a public company - despite its rocky start and checkered operating history, SAVVIS is a ".This is irrefukable
Edited sentence: Despite its rocky start and checkered operating history, SAVVIS is a "