after leaving office, wilson spent two years as a managing director of pacific capital group, a merchant bank based in los angeles. he has served as a director of the irvine company, telepacific communications, inc., national information consortium inc., an advisor to crossflo systems, and idt entertainment. he has been a member of the board of advisors of thomas weisel partners, a san francisco merchant bank. he also served as chairman of the japan task force of the pacific council on international policy, which produced an analysis of japanese economic and national security prospects over the next decade entitled "can japan come back?"