When investment bankers turn to writing, few professional scribes lose sleep over the competition. A banker’s motivation for putting pen to paper is often either ego or epitaph. Neither makes for a gripping read. A book by Bruce Wasserstein, co-founder of New York M&A boutique Wasserstein Perella, might therefore be expected to be met with scepticism.
But despite a publicity photograph that makes the author look as if he’s auditioning for a part in a mafia movie, Big Deal: the battle for control of America’s leading corporations is far from an exercise in self-promotion.
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