He possesses a substantial Wall Street fortune, amassed by trading securities.
Then he'd moved on to the Walthamstow "mini-Holland" cycling scheme, a substantial programme of street infrastructure changes introduced by Labour-run Waltham Forest Council using £30m awarded by Boris Johnson with the aim of promoting pedal power.
Traffic and point source emissions cause substantial variation in street-level exposures to common toxic volatile organic compounds in New York City.
Portions at State Street are substantial, and the food is appealingly priced.
The company, once known as Morrison Knudsen, is considering selling assets, adding debt or issuing more shares, but it has lost substantial credibility on Wall Street.
Since its acquisition in 2001 of EMAP's American properties, including magazines like Motor Trend and Hot Rod, Primedia has promised Wall Street a substantial pruning of assets.
"My impression was that he had very substantial contacts on Wall Street, with private equity firms and hedge funds," said Bertram Fields, an entertainment lawyer who has represented Michael Jackson and the Beatles, and is an acquaintance of Mr. Starr's.
But he does have one substantial asset: a Divisadero Street building that his father, Walter, an orthotist, bought in 1970 and gave to his only son in 2001 so Wayne could run his business on the ground floor and Wayne's adult children would always have a place to live.
Sales fared relatively better, falling to $29.2 billion, from $45.5 billion, a substantial cut above Wall Street's $26.3 billion forecast.
For all the global mobility of capital these days, the absence of key participants for an unspecified period could have a significant impact on liquidity in those New York financial markets in which they had a substantial presence, diminishing Wall Street as a financial center.
