David Bergstein of the Pangea Media Group has been named as a third bidder.

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Bergstein has thought long and hard about how to attract and keep brains like Chunka Mui and John Sviokla.

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Bergstein, 57, is chairman of the publicly held Web consultancy Diamond Technology Partners.

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If two-thirds of the partners don't agree on the pay plan, not only is it rejected--Mel Bergstein has to resign.

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Upside: He took two dozen employees with him to form Diamond (crossfire lawsuits between Bergstein and Technology Solutions were later settled).

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With that contentious past, Bergstein now shares power as well as wealth.

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McKinsey is taking aim at Diamond's Web-strategy market, and Bergstein is steering his firm into implementing projects rather than just advising on strategy.

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If two thirds of the partners don't agree on the pay plan, not only is it rejected but Mel Bergstein has to resign.

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Bergstein also sells stability because he craves it himself.

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And Bergstein takes sharing the wealth further than most.

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Bergstein fired off a blunt e-mail to 50 fellow CEOs last month, spouting off about how Wingspan, the on-line bank set up by Bank One--the giant in his home city of Chicago--would be a costly flop.

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