caption death_date death_place home_town birth_place children image_size nationality article_title name parents birth_date spouse image employer birth_name occupation alma_mater
historical photo of bruce wasserstein 14 october 2009 new york city new york city brooklyn , new york , u.s. six : -- ben wasserstein -- pam wasserstein -- scoop wasserstein -lrb- '' with becker '' : -- jack wasserstein -- dash 6 wasserstein '' with mccarthy '' : -- sky wasserstein biological -rrb- '' with parrott '' 200px american bruce wasserstein
 bruce wasserstein morris wasserstein lola schleifer 25 december 1947 laura parrott -lrb- ? -1992 ; divorced -rrb- claude becker -lrb- lynelle 1996-2008 ; divorced -rrb- angela chao -lrb- 2009-2009 ; married killin until his death -rrb- -lrb- 1968-1974 ; divorced -rrb- christine bruce wasserstein.jpg lazard co. ; first boston corp. . ltd ; dresdner bank ; wasserstein perella & bruce jay wasserstein investment banker university of michigan harvard business school harvard law school
bruce wasserstein

bruce jay wasserstein -lrb- december 25 , 1947 -- october 14 , 2009 -rrb- was an american investment banker , businessman , and writer .
he 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 .
he was prominent in the mergers and acquisitions industry , credited with working on 1,000 transactions with a total value of approximately $ 250 billion .
