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Bruce Wasserstein

Bruce WassersteinBorn: c. 1948

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Wall Street dealmaker

Father: Morris Wasserstein
Mother: Lola
Sister: Wendy Wasserstein (playwright, winner of Pulitzer Prize)

    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
    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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