TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bonus Report
February/March 2008
The Bonus Guide
Amid all the financial turmoil, pay at large banks and private-equity funds held steady last year. Our exclusive survey provides some hard figures.
Home Team Advantage
After spending three decades pursuing buyouts at the expense of his personal life, Tom Hicks is back in the deal game: From a SPAC to real estate to a Premier League soccer team, this time it's a family affair.
Year of the SPAC
A few months after Martin Franklin took hedge-fund giant GLG public through a back door, the trickle of blank-check companies has become a torrent.
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Initial Offering
Chairman's Row
Power Scene
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Wall Street titans solidify their status by landing a window table at San Pietro.
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The Bay Area
36 Holes In...
By
David Baum
Go West, old man - and be sure to take your clubs.
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The Reel Deal
End Scene?
By
Hilary Lewis
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What started as one of Wall Street’s greatest love affairs with Hollywood may be turning into a tragedy instead.
For the last three years, a slew of big banks, hedge funds and private-equity investors have poured more than $13 billion into financing studio film slates with delusions of box-office gold. But so far, few are on track for spectacular returns. Will these deals ultimately be hits or misses? ~Dealmaker~ offers a special sneak preview of some of the first funds to make their debuts.
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My Mentor
Lending More Than Money
By
Danielle Fugazy
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Closing Dinner
Grayz Gastronomy
By
Bryan Miller
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At the subterranean private dining room at Grayz, the ambience (and, of course, the food) are as rich as the Rockefellers who once resided there.
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Penthouse
Top of the World
By
Hilary Lewis
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The buyout craze may have fizzled last summer, but that didn’t stop Blackstone star Chinh Chu from making three high-priced acquisitions.
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My Charity
Bringing Home The Bacon
By
Roxanne Downer
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Michael Gordon helps Share Our Strength fight childhood hunger at home.
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Road Warrior
First Class
The New Flying Limo
By
Nick Kolakowski
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What's better than first? Try only.
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My Three-Hour Vacation
Driven in Dallas
By
George Ackert
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A native son is on a mission to do his town right.
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Terminal
Ninth Wonder of the World
By
Scott Eden
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A jaw-dropping edifice opens with a very special lounge.
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Ground Transportation
A Robot for the Road
By
Mark Spoonauer
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A GPS so smart, it's almost alive.
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Room Key
They'll Leave The Light On
By
Jean Tang
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Stay someplace other than the George V? Mais oui
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A Suitcase In Full
Overhead
By
Nick Kolakowski
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The bag for those trips when you want to pack a little lighter.
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Tool
I Know You
By
Mark Spoonauer
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ThinkPad spawns a precocious little cousin.
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Deal-a-Meal
Top Chefs, Miami
By
Donna Sweeny
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Three deal-friendly choices in the city of fun and sun.
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Toy
Hot Shot
By
Mark Spoonauer
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Think of the new Nokia N82 as a camera that rings.
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Players
The Courtship
Office Mates
By
Hilary Lewis
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When it came time for Executive Centre CEO Paul Salnikow to find a partner, he turned to Marathon Asset Management, a deep-pocketed tenant who was familiar with his space.
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Fine Print
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
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David Moss
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Faiza Saeed challenges convention in style and (legal) practice — most recently by eschewing the entrenched reverse breakup fee in leveraged buyouts By David Moss
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Three Commandments
Pressure Player
By
Danielle Fugazy
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Hiter Harris built a firm on the idea of seizing opportunities and coming through for clients in a crunch. Here, he offers the game plan for successful recruitment.
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Deal of a Lifetime
Good Trade
By
James Freeman
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With two key clients looking to make a trade, but neither wanting to give up control, our firm found a secret ingredient that brought all participants to the table and sent them away satisfied.
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Contrarian
Money Trail
By
David Moss
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Westwood Capital's Dan Alpert goes against the "vulture" culture by working with overextended homeowners to profit from the mortgage mess.
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Features
The 2007 Dealmaker Bonus Guide
By
Erica Copulsky
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Danielle Fugazy
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Amid all the financial turmoil, pay at large banks and private-equity funds held steady last year. Our exclusive survey provides some hard figures.
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Year of the SPAC
Brainstorm
By
Scott Eden
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A few months after Martin Franklin took hedge-fund giant GLG public through a back door, the trickle of blank-check companies has become a torrent.
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Hall of Fame
Home Team Advantage
By
Scott Eden
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After spending three decades pursuing buyouts at the expense
of his personal life, Tom Hicks is back in the deal game: From a SPAC to real estate to a Premier League soccer team, this time
it’s a family affair.
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Life After Dealmaking
Angel Investor
By
Scott Eden
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Can venture capital solve prisoner recidivism?
Catherine Rohr believes it can — so much so that she
ditched her job at a top private-equity firm
to foster the capitalist portion of the criminal mind
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Fashion
Power Tools
By
Nick Kolakowski
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Photography by Jimmy Nicol
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Fashion Editor: Jennifer Lee
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Chris R. Morgan
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The clothes may make the man, but it's the accessories that make the money man. Whether you're a Silicon Valley VC, a globetrotting deal pro or the biggest of the big-city rainmakers, these pocket-based assets can help seal your many deals.
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Closing
Blue Sky
Aerial Assault
By
Robert Goyer
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Looking to stage a hostile takeover of the friendly skies? Behold the 787 VIP, your very own war room . . . with wings.
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Home Equity
King of the Mountain
By
Nick Kolakowski
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Why settle for purchasing a piece of the valley when you can acquire a mountaintop instead? These new high-altitude residence clubs make the climb to the summit worthwhile.
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Liquidation
Sealing The Deal
By
Jeffery Lindenmuth
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Valentine’s Day is hardly the occasion for bootstrapping your date. Fortify your prospects with these fortified wines.
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Retreats
Large Cap
By
Vito Echevarria
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Behold Cap Cana, the Dominican Republic’s newest — and most obscenely ambitious — luxury real-estate enclave.
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Road Show
Great Porsche, Bad Idea
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Road Show
The 911 Carrera S is both Porsche’s finest roadster — and its most deeply flawed. We put a fearless financier behind its wheel and shot up California’s Highway 1 to see if that flaw would prove fatal By John Pearley Huffman
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Smart Cookie
Tombstone
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A decade ago, Credit Suisse underwrote one of the more unlikely IPOs of the 1990s.
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Venture
High Society
By
Cristina Velocci
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When canvassing the South Pacific, stage a mutiny against crowded cruise ships and puddle-jumpers by traveling in the most
luxurious way: island-hopping by helicopter.
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Watch List
Drive Time
By
Ralph DiGennaro
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Make like the pace car at your next road show with these automotive
watches.
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