Bruce Wasserstein
Born: 25-Dec-1947
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 14-Oct-2009
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Wall Street dealmaker
Father: Morris Wasserstein
Mother: Lola Schleifer
Brother: Abner Wasserstein
Sister: Georgette Levis
Sister: Sandra Meyer
Sister: Wendy Wasserstein (playwright, winner of Pulitzer Prize, b. 1950, d. 2006)
Wife: Lynne ("Laura Lynelle", div. 1974)
Wife: Chris (div. 1992, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Ben Churchill Wasserstein
Daughter: Pam
Son: Skip
Girlfriend: Lorinda Ash (art dealer, together 3 years)
Wife: Claude (producer, m. 1996, div. 2008)
Wife: Angela Chao (sister of Elaine Chao, m. 2009)
University: Harvard Business School
Law School: Harvard Law School
Lazard CEO (2005-)
Lazard Chairman, Executive Committee (2002-05)
Dresdner Kleinwort Executive Chairman (2001)
Wasserstein Perella CEO (1988-2001)
First Boston Co-Head of Investment Banking (-1988)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Member of the Board of Harry & David
Member of the Board of Lazard (2002-, as Chairman, 2005-)
Al Franken for Senate
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Gore 2000
Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
John Kerry for President
Appears in articles:
New York Observer, 10-Dec-2001, DETAILS: Will Lazard Make It? -- Wasserstein Choice Stirs Big Questions, BYLINE: Landon Thomas, Jr.
Newsweek, 23-Feb-2004, DETAILS: Undercover Operator: In New York, where gossip is king, a savvy Wall Street mogul pulls off a top-secret publishing deal. Again. (p.46, one page), BYLINE: Peg Tyre
Author of books:
Big Deal: The Battle for the Control of America's Leading Corporations (1988)
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