Brett Cole

M&A Titans

The Pioneers Who Shaped Wall Street's Mergers and Acquisitions Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a narrative history of Wall Street s most important M&A bankers: what made them, drove them, how they won deals, lost others, tales of them leaving firms that nurtured them, losing bruising internal political battles which forced their resignation and their return to the spotlight by establishing their own firms.

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Praise for M&A TITANS

"Brett Cole's book M&A Titans is an interesting and informative read, both for insiders in the M&A world as well as those just curious to know something more about this intersection of finance, law, and business. Having done deals, some successful, some not, with all eleven, I can say that, in my judgment, he accurately and objectively catches their personalities, strengths, weaknesses, and many of their most challenging experiences."

--Sam Butler, retired presiding partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

"There are few books that explain the investment banking world. This is one of the best. The deals and personal lives of the M&A bankers reads like an exciting novel."

--Sandy Robertson, founding partner of Francisco Partners, and founder and former chairman of Robertson, Stephens & Co.

"A fascinating description of the talented, driven, and obsessive individuals who created what has become the current mergers and acquisition infrastructure in the United States and abroad."

--Steve Waters, Managing Partner of Compass Advisors, and former cohead of merger departments at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley

"M&A Titans is an engrossing history of the most prominent M&A practitioners. Pithy, full of stories and insights, it is an entertaining account of Wall Street's deal making worlds."

--Bill Hambrecht, cofounder of Hambrecht & Quist, and founder and chairman of WR Hambrecht + Co.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780470126899
• ISBN-10: 0470126892
• Artikelnr.: 23826229

Autorenporträt

BRETT COLE is a correspondent for The Economist covering political, economic, and financial developments in North and South Korea. Between 2003 and 2007, he reported on Wall Street while working for Bloomberg News in New York. Prior to 2003, he worked for the news agency in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
The Titans xi
Remarks from Some M&A Titans and Players xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Genesis: Wall Street, Its Business and Culture 5
Chapter 2 Godfathers-Flom and Lipton 13
Chapter 3 Seducers-Harris and Rohatyn 23
Chapter 4 Systematizer-Goldman Sachs 31
Chapter 5 Originators-Morgan Stanley 43
Chapter 6 Attack or Defend 53
Chapter 7 An Accountant, Feuds, and the Wasserstein Discovery 67
Chapter 8 The Cult of Greenhill, California 85
Chapter 9 Stovepipes 93
Chapter 10 Fall and Rise 103
Chapter 11 "The Genius Franchise" 111
Chapter 12 Stagnation and Implosion 119
Chapter 13 The Rise of Drexel 129
Chapter 14 Crime and Punishment 139
Chapter 15 A Voice in the Wilderness 151
Chapter 16 Intrigue and Resignations 159
Chapter 17 New Horizons 171
Notes 183
References 211
About the Author 215
Index 217