Bruce Wasserstein, chairman and chief executive of investment bank Lazard, passed away yesterday. Financial News looks at Wasserstein's career as he became a legendary dealmaker known as "Bid ’em-up Bruce” who advised on more than $250bn (€167bn) of deals.
- Family
December 25, 1947: Born in Brooklyn to Morris, a successful textile executive and his wife Lola Schleifer, Wasserstein was one of five children.
