Hall Of Fame: Alpha Tale
Article :
July 2008
Bob Greenhill is a Type A's Type A. But throughout his career, that trait has both lifted him up and laid him low. A journey through the adventures – and misadventures – of a dynamic legend.
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Advising the Rainmakers
Article :
July 2008
Every good merger, buyout, and takeover needs a publicity specialist behind it, and Gershon Kekst has been that go-to guy for almost four decades. He has recently sold his company to Paris-based Publicis Group to expand outside the US, but he sees the current merger environment as "frightening."
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Morgan Stanley M&A Withering
Article :
July 2008
Once the proud domain of rainmaker Joe Perella, Morgan Stanley’s M&A practice has dropped to SIXTH in the league tables. Though it’s been one of the toughest M&A markets in recent memory, the bank has its work cut out for it.
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Alpha Tale
Article :
June/July 2008
Bob Greenhill is a Type A's Type A, a man whose dynamism has made him a legend. But throughout his career, that trait has both lifted him up and laid him low.
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Lending a Hand
Article :
June/July 2008
When a deal is on the brink, Jimmy Lee, JPMorgan Chase's leveraged-loan ace and master negotiator, can bridge the gap.
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Rand: Tough Pill To Swallow?
Article :
April 2008
More than 50 years after being published, Ayn Rand’s 1,200-page homage to living one’s life entirely for oneself, “Atlas Shrugged,” still ranks among the top 500 books sold on Amazon.com and remains one of the best-loved, “shameful pleasure” novels of Wall Street’s rainmakers. That said, academics have rejected it for years, calling Rand’s philosophy “simplistic” (as if their own best-loved philosophies aren’t) and universities have refused to cover her teachings in their curricula. Now CEOs are weighing in – and they are voting with their dollars.
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Flight Of The Buyout Heavies
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April 2008
Not sure what the correct terminology is here for this, whether it be a flight, a gaggle, a ruck, a swarm, a covey, a shoal or a legion, but they are fleeing and they are fleeing fast. In the latest case in point, one prominent J.P. Morgan rainmaker, who once basked in the glow of the M&A boom, having recently found his VIP room more like a waiting room, fled to the arms of this private-equity firm – and former client.
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Watch Those Closing Dinners
Article :
March 2008
Those calories will getcha’. And according to the latest research, they won’t just ruin your girlish figure – they’ll also increase your chances of suffering from dementia later on in life. Something to keep in mind for you rainmakers looking to broker deals until you take your final breath. Read on to find out whether it’s time to reconsider disentangling that ever-expanding belt from the Bubby’s tablecloth.
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Fashion: Power Tools
Article :
March 2008
The clothes may make the man, but it's the accessories that make the money man. Here’s how to swing that bling.
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Angel Investor: Life After Dealmaking
Article :
March 2008
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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Goldman: Prosperity To Austerity?
Article :
March 2008
No sooner did Goldman, the world's biggest securities firm by market value, report its sharpest profit drop since 1999 (weathering $2 billion of writedowns on loans and mortgages as revenue from investment banking and trading slid) than the rumors began to swirl…But is it really plausible an institution still doling out multimillion-dollar bonuses to its top rainmakers would cut free water and soda to its employees? (There’s even a question as to whether the G-men ever got free soda.) We need more than this, exhibit A.
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It’s All About The Toys
Article :
February 2008
So, you’ve clinched the deal…but what about your deal toy? Does it say: this deal is lame, or a pig, or does it just appall the whole team with its strangely macho (read: phallic) overtones? Whatever it says, we bet you don’t know who invented the first deal toy – or how bankers on Wall Street ever started this august and hallowed tradition. Well, we got the story for you right here. Prepare to be riveted.
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Life After Dealmaking
Article :
February/March 2008
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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The 2007 Dealmaker Bonus Guide
Article :
February/March 2008
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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Erica Copulsky speaks with CNBC about the 2007 Rainmakers
Article :
December 2007
Watch this video clip by clicking on the picture or link below.
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Goldman Gets ‘Fang’
Article :
November 2007
Goldman’s China partner, Fang Fenglei, has decided to hang out his own shingle on a private-equity fund that could pit the two against each other in the opportunistic search for Chinese investments. A word on keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.
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Meet 2007’s Top Rainmakers: The Definitive List
Article :
November 2007
With this year destined to go down as one of the most volatile in recent M&A history, a few select names weathered storms spectacularly well. When a deal needed to get done amid intensified shareholder activism and credit-market calamity, who got the call? We've sorted through hundreds of peer nominations to compile the most prestigious list in investment banking.
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Watch The Exits
Article :
November 2007
Are rainmakers really deserving of all the mudslinging they’re getting from pulling out of multibillion-dollar deals? Wall Street’s Greek chorus (ahem, mostly journalists) have been mounting their high horses in droves on this front. We suppose they think a private-equity firm should just go through with a deal it abhors out of the kindness of its heart. Wrong. This is not a charity. Exit clauses are built into deals for a reason. They are not just for decoration. And yet, it seems this basic concept is hard for many to grasp.
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Meet the 2007 Rainmakers
Article :
November/December 2007
With this year destined to go down as one of the most volatile in recent M&A history, a few select names weathered storms spectacularly well. When a deal needed to get done amid intensified shareholder activism and credit-market calamity, who got the call? We've sorted through hundreds of peer nominations to compile the most prestigious list in investment banking.
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Acid Rain
Article :
November/December 2007
The Street has had another staggering year of deals. But during the summer market monsoon, even some of the biggest rainmakers got caught in the downpour.
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He’s No Schwarzy-Baby
Article :
October 2007
OK, so rainmaker J. Christopher Flowers may not have macheted his way to Steve Schwarzman’s level yet. But there’s always hope…After all, Eric Clapton may one day achieve his dream of playing just like Stevie Hendrix. (Eh! We almost said that with a straight face.) Read on for all the shameless comparisons through the lens of the Sallie Mae debacle.
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Blackstone’s Plan B
Article :
October 2007
After millions of dollars down the drain, the whole let’s-kill-this-proposed-tax-increase thing didn’t quite work out for the titanic private-equity firm, or its brethren. Not to worry: A master rainmaker doesn’t throw down the gauntlet without a killer back-up plan.
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Here Come The Titans
Article :
September 2007
The head of Goldman Sachs's private-equity arm, Richard Friedman, tried to put a brave face on things this week – but ultimately conceded that the gargantuan bank will now be pursuing smaller deals. What the invasion of Goldman-like rainmakers into lower and middle markets may mean for what is already a dog-eat-dog space.
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My Deal From Hell: A Controller Scorned
Article :
September 2007
Death, drunk-driving and kickbacks. It's all in a day's work for one hard-working rainmaker.
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Homeless? Don’t Let That Stop You From Bidding On Sony
Article :
August 2007
For an itinerant who has lived in a homeless shelter and traveled on Greyhound buses, would-be rainmaker Lawrence Niren thinks pretty big. How a lack of money need not stop a clever man from causing a lot of commotion.
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Retreats: Sweet Carolina
Article :
August 2007
Retreats High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a new ownership resort balances world-class amenities with a devotion to preserving the environment — and your peace of mind
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Bank Shot
Article :
July 2007
By day, Gary Boren plays angel and rainmaker for the Dallas deal community. By night, he’s the secret weapon that gives the Mavericks hope for an NBA championship.
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Another Fund Rout, Another Head Rolls
Article :
July 2007
The bank: UBS. The head: CEO Peter Wuffli’s. In fact, the din of rolling heads at banks has become so deafening, we at Dealmaker Daily can hardly hear the dulcet tones of our intraoffice death metal anymore (which we pipe through our ancient PA system to keep the interns on their toes).
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Highlands High Life
Article :
May/June 2007
In the rugged northernmost reaches of Scotland lies a land of savory cuisine, one of the world’s most exclusive sporting clubs — and an unrivaled collection of spectacular links
By Ty Wenger
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Sweet Carolina
Article :
May/June 2007
Retreats
High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a new ownership resort balances world-class amenities with a devotion to preserving the environment — and your peace of mind By Nick Kolakowski
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Women of M&A
Article :
May/June 2007
Perhaps most remarkably, many women in M&A now feel quite comfortable talking about how they differ from men — and how that can help them close the deal.
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Bank Shot
Article :
May/June 2007
By day, Gary Boren plays angel and rainmaker for the Dallas deal community. By night, he’s the secret weapon that gives the Mavericks hope for an NBA championship By Scott Eden
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