The Top 20 2025 Investment Banking Rainmakers. Thoughts?

20: Ben Frost — Goldman Sachs — 10 deals — $61B
19: Lily Mahdavi — Morgan Stanley — 10 deals — $66.8B
18: Robert Pruzan — Centerview Partners — 4 deals — $68.5B
17: E. Eric Tokat — Centerview Partners — 21 deals — $71.2B
16: Xavier Loriferne — JPMorgan — 19 deals — $72B
15: Naveen Nataraj — Evercore — 9 deals — $75.6B
14: Michael Klein — M. Klein & Co. — 1 deal — $81.8B
13: Gerald J. Cardinale — RedBird Advisors — 3 deals — $82.5B
12: Nelson Walsh — Morgan Stanley — 1 deal — $80B+
11: Timothy Ingrassia — Goldman Sachs — 12 deals — $87.5B
10: Navid Mahmoodzadegan — Moelis & Co. — 10 deals — $94.7B
9: David DeNunzio — Wells Fargo — 2 deals — $97.1B
8: Anu Aiyengar — JPMorgan — 13 deals — $105.2B
7: Blair Effron — Centerview Partners — 7 deals — $113.3B
6: Chris Ventresca — JPMorgan — 9 deals — $113.5B
5: Daniel Mendelow — Evercore — 3 deals — $116.5B
4: Sam Britton — Goldman Sachs — 11 deals — $122.8B
3: Steven Baronoff — Bank of America — 9 deals — $124B
2: Gary Posternack — Barclays — 7 deals — $149.2B
1: Jeffrey Hogan — Wells Fargo — 5 deals — $153.4B

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dude founded Moelis and you got the gall to comment on his name 

 

Why do BB M&A MDs get credit for execution when coverage has the relationships to make it rain?

 

crazy that two of my friends i met through college/mutuals have parents on this list lol

 

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