M&A Titans: The Pioneers Who Shaped Wall Street's Mergers and Acquisitions Industry

243 Pages·2008·0.8 MB·English

by  Brett Cole

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M&A Titans
The Pioneers Who Shaped
Wall Street’s Mergers and
Acquisitions Industry
Brett Cole
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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The Pioneers Who Shaped
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Acquisitions Industry
Brett Cole
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Contents
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
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