Deal King & Law Media Mogul Dies; Bruce Wasserstein Once Worked for Cravath

Bruce Wasserstein, a onetime corporate lawyer at Cravath Swaine & Moore who became a deal king and law media mogul has died a few days after being hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat, reports Bloomberg. He was 61 years old. “He made more from investment banking than any man on the planet,” says William Cohan, the author of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co. Wasserstein became chairman and chief executive officer of Lazard Ltd. in 2005. Earlier this year, he tied for 190th place on the Forbes magazine list of the world's 400 wealthiest individuals, with an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion.

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