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

Brett Cole

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

Published simultaneously in Canada.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Cole, Brett, 1965–

M&A titans : the pioneers who shaped Wall Street’s mergers and acquisitions industry /

Brett Cole.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-12689-9 (cloth)

1. Consolidation and merger of corporations—United States. 2. Investment

banking—United States. 3. Corporations—United States. I. Title. II. Title: M & A

titans.

HG4028.M4C65 2008

338.8[1]30973—dc22