TABLE OF CONTENTS The 30 Top Rainmakers Premiere Issue The Addict Even after 40 years of doing deals, Paul Kelly still can't make himself stop. Rather than retire, the legendary specialist is developing a Shangri-La, a vineyard -- and a new way to penetrate the Chinese market. The Mouse That Roars Roy Disney's $2 billion private-equity shop, Shamrock, obviously loves media deals. But armed with a vested team and an altruistic streak, it's rapidly breaking into new areas. Major League Turnaround What are a couple of smart young Goldman and Bear alums doing running a lousy professional baseball team?

Calming Down The Hustler
My Mentor
By Janet Lewis , Photography by Jimmy Nicol , Alex Irvin (House) | Page 19
Brian Webber, joint head of technology investment banking at UBS, has worked for his mentor and friend Ken Moelis, president of UBS Investment Bank, since joining Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Los Angeles office in 1992. > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

36 Holes In...
Los Angeles
By David Baum | Page 20
Wheeling and dealing in Tinseltown? Make time for these two tee times > read more
Keywords: Golf , Los Angeles

The Runaway Buyer
My Deal from Hell
| Page 20
Conflicts are a fact of life in I-banking. But some are more incendiary than others > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

Middle Man
My Charity
By Roxanne Downer , Photography by Ian Spanier | Page 22
Helping the kids others often overlook > read more
Keywords: Charity , Mentor , Initial Offering

The Wolfgang’s All Here
Closing Dinner
By Hilary Lewis | Page 28
A dynamic duo offers a proper lair > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

Greed is Good (or Very Bad)
Book Value
By Scott Lasser | Page 24
A serious manifesto and rollicking potboiler sound oddly similar themes > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering , Books

Top of the Rockies
Penthouse
By Mark Cohen | Page 26
Teddy Forstmann's famed mountain retreat changes hands > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

YouTube Too?
Elevator Pitch
| Page 26
Recorded by Chris O’Brien, CEO of Motion-box — a 15-month-old company with $4.2 million in “A” financing from Silicon Alley Seed Investors, Canaan Partners and Itochu Corp. — on the elevator of the GM building in New York. Riding time: 53 seconds. > read more
Keywords: Initial Offering

Rarefied Air
Terminal
By Aram Gesar | Page 34
Flight delayed? In Thai Airlines’ new showpiece lounge, that’s cause for celebration > read more
Keywords: Airports , Wine , Road Warrior

Phoenix Rising
My Two-Hour Vacation
By Shez Bandukwala | Page 44
The Valley of the Sun’s hottest spots for a (very) mini winter getaway > read more
Keywords: Vacation , Road Warrior

Carried Away
Overhead
By Kathleen Renda | Page 32
How much is too much to spend on an overnight bag? Don't answer until you read this > read more
Keywords: Luggage , Road Warrior

Small Wonder
Tether
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 36
Your BlackBerry just got a whole lot sexier — and tinier > read more
Keywords: Tech , Gadget , Blackberry , Road Warrior

Southern Comfort
Deal-A-Meal
By Jessica Harlan | Page 38
A full day’s worth of closing-friendly dining in Atlanta > read more

Flying as It Should Be
First-Class
By Cristina Velocci | Page 30
Your new favorite airline is about to spoil you even more > read more
Keywords: Road Warrior , Airports

Laptop of Luxury
Tool
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 40
If you live on your screen, shouldn’t it be sheathed in fine leather? > read more
Keywords: Tech , Gadget

Shanghai Nights
Room Key
By Jean Tang | Page 42
China’s manic financial capital now offers a pitch-perfect sanctuary > read more
Keywords: Shanghai , China , Hotel

Groove Tube
Toy
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 46
Whatever’s on your home TV can now play on your phone > read more
Keywords: Tech , Gadget , Road Warrior

Wing Man
Brainstorm
By Gary Stern | Page 62
US Airways was struggling to stay airborne in heavy turbulence. Could GE Commercial Finance’s Tom Quindlen and his copilots help guide it to safety? > read more
Keywords: Players

Lights, Bankruptcy, Action
Deal of a Lifetime
By Christian Oberbeck | Page 52
When the fortunes of a high-tech light bulb maker grew dim, I turned up the wattage — and helped turn things around > read more
Keywords: Players

Rock Steady
Executive Order
By Rich Blake | Page 76
Since going public in 1993, Gibraltar Industries has been on an acquisition tear. CEO Brian J. Lipke provides a peek inside his process > read more
Keywords: Players

The Pioneer
Hall of Fame
By Rita Koselka | Page 66
Bill Hambrecht all but created Silicon Valley finance back when Wall Street pooh-poohed it. Now he’s pursuing another vision that could upend the underwriting business > read more
Keywords: Internet , Silicon Valley , Players

Sitdown With Sandy
M&A Q&A
By Nancy Ruhling | Page 49
He acquired companies by the gross in the ’70s and ’80s, and later pulled off the deal of the century. Wall Street icon Sandy Weill talks about global market forces and life after Citigroup > read more
Keywords: M&A , Players

Legal Ease
The Courtship
By Rich Blake | Page 70
He was a powerful attorney turned private-equity investor; they were young-gun lawyers turned entrepreneurs. But their deal hinged on convincing a reticent A round > read more
Keywords: M&A , Players

King of the Castle
The Three Commandments
By Rich Blake | Page 54
Castle Harlan president Justin Wender knows how to come away from the negotiating table satisfied. Here, he happily serves up his defining rules > read more
Keywords: Players

The Kid Gets In the Picture
Up-and-Comer
By Andrew Barber | Page 74
In the world of intellectual-property deals, Salem Partners’ Brendan Houlihan is teaching the old Hollywood guard new tricks > read more
Keywords: Players

Balancing Act
Contrarian
By Rita Koselka | Page 58
When everyone else zigs, Brian Finn zags. That instinct and a proper set of priorities have taken the president of Credit Suisse’s I-banking unit to the top of Wall Street > read more
Keywords: Players

High Bidder, High Style
By Michael Callahan , Photography by Ian Spanier , Fashion Editor: Jennifer Lee , Styling: Alexa Ryan , Grooming: Jacqueline Bush | Page 110
Great art and great style have one thing in common: They’re both best appreciated by a man with an eye for the deal. To prove the point, we paired works from the collection of London banker Jonathon Wynniatt-Husey with a few of today’s finest threads. The results? Suitable for framing. > read more
Keywords: Dealmaker Feature

The Addict
By Danielle Sacks | Page 104
Even after 40 years of doing deals, Paul Kelly still can’t make himself stop. Rather than retire, the legendary specialist is developing a Shangri-La, a vineyard — and a new way to penetrate the Chinese market > read more
Keywords: Vineyard , China , Wine , Dealmaker Feature

The Mouse That Roars
Inside the Deal Shop
By Ben Mattlin | Page 96
Roy Disney’s $2 billion private-equity shop, Shamrock, obviously loves media deals. But armed with a vested team and an altruistic streak, it’s rapidly breaking into new areas > read more
Keywords: Private Equity

Major League Turnaround
By Alan Schwarz | Page 90
What are a couple of smart young Goldman and Bear alums doing running a lousy professional baseball team? Consider it the stealthiest Internet play since Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace heist > read more
Keywords: Baseball , Tampa Bay , Dealmaker Feature

Let It Rain
By Rich Blake , Andrew Barber , Janet Lewis , Hilary Lewis , Roxanne Downer , Cristina Velocci | Page 79
Introducing Dealmaker’s inaugural ranking of M&A’s most influential investment bankers. Meet the top rainmakers of 2006 > read more
Keywords: Closer , Rainmaker

Long Hauler
Blue Sky
By Robert Goyer | Page 132
The new Bombardier Global Express XRS has extremely long legs — and knows how to use them > read more
Keywords: Jet , Closing

Singularly Exceptional
Liquidation
By Anthony Giglio | Page 128
To master the distinctions between Scottish single-malts, one must take a tasting pilgrimage through its many regions — or simply buy these six superior bottles > read more
Keywords: Scotch , Single Malt , Littlemill , Springbank , Books , Environment , Lagavulin , Liquor , Closing

Paradise Found
Retreats
By Hilary Lewis | Page 130
An unspoiled island teeming with an unlimited array of diversions, the new Turks & Caicos Sporting Club offers the respite for the restless > read more
Keywords: Getaway , CFO , Retreat , Closing

Bay Windows, Buyer's Market
Home Equity
By Lisa Selin Davis | Page 117
San Francisco’s hippest neighborhood has moved from dot-com bust to real-estate boom > read more
Keywords: Rincon Hill , The Infinity , Ritz-Carlton Club , Arterra , Real Estate , San Francisco , Closing

Mercedes Rules
Road Show
By Magnus Greaves | Page 124
We took the new 2007 Mercedes S600 on the ultimate high-risk test drive: a 2,000-mile family vacation from London to Bordeaux and back > read more
Keywords: Automobiles

Bottle Rocket
Tombstone
By Andrew Barber | Page 136
> read more
Keywords: Closing

Night Timers
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 134
How to set yourself apart in a room full of tuxedos? It’s all in the wrist > read more
Keywords: Closing

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