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| Right from the start, Ken Moelis wanted to build an institutional investment bank |
Banker of the year:
Ken Moelis
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis hundreds of high-profile dealmakers left the big banks. Dozens and dozens of them set up their own boutique firms. Some even thrived. But how many of those refugees from the global banks built new investment banking firms of such scale and durability that they could take them public within seven years of the sub-prime debacle? Euromoney can think of one: Ken Moelis, chairman of Moelis & Co, which he founded as a US-centric boutique in July 2007 after he left UBS.
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