10 Facts About Bruce Wasserstein

Bruce Jay Wasserstein was an American investment banker, businessman, and writer.

Bruce Wasserstein was prominent in the mergers and acquisitions industry, credited with working on 1,000 transactions with a total value of approximately $250 billion.

Bruce Wasserstein was a graduate of the McBurney School, University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and spent a year at the University of Cambridge.

In 2002, he left the unit Dresdner Kleinwort Bruce Wasserstein to become head of the financial services firm Lazard.

Bruce Wasserstein was credited with the term "Pac-Man defense", which is used by targeted companies during a hostile takeover attempt.

In 2007, Bruce Wasserstein made a $25 million donation to Harvard Law School, for the creation of a large academic wing of the school's Northwest Corner complex, which was named Bruce Wasserstein Hall.

Bruce Wasserstein was married four times and has seven biological children:.

Bruce Wasserstein was involved with media since high school and college, when he was an editor on his high school newspaper, The McBurneian, and later at the University of Michigan Michigan Daily, then served an internship at Forbes magazine.

Bruce Wasserstein served as trustee for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 2001 until his death.

On October 11,2009, Bruce Wasserstein was admitted to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat.