If you ever wondered just what happens in those multi-million and billion dollar mergers and buyouts, then Lazard CEO and takeover guru Bruce Wasserstein can take you behind the closed doors. Big Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions in the Digital Age gives you a seat at some of the most amazing and unbelievable Merger and Acquisitions and Leveraged Buyouts in history.

Bruce Wasserstein gives a firsthand account of the strategies and hard fought negotiations behind some of biggest business deals in the world. This book is ideal for the LBO/M&A novice and veteran alike, as Bruce Wasserstein clearly explains the politics and regulations involved in these complex agreements.

If you ever wanted to get into the mind in the biggest business gurus, Bruce Wasserstein can let you in on the Big Deal. You’ll see what it takes to become a Wall Street Titan, from deal to deal. Big Deal takes the mystery out of the business section headlines in a readable, engaging style. First, Bruce Wasserstein goes into the history of mergers and acquisitions, beginning in the 1800s and the age of the Robber Barons to the Go-Go years of the 1960s and the hostile takeovers of the 1980s. You’ll meet the personalities behind these deals, such as Barry Diller, Sumner Redstone, Carl Icahn, T. Boone Pickens, and Bernard Ebbers.

Big Deal then delves into the modern era, as companies scramble to reposition and re-brand themselves in the Age of the New Economy and Internet Marketing. Mega-trends such as globalization, deregulation, and new technologies are creating new environments for mergers and acquisitions, and Big Deal gives a good understanding of how these deals come about. And when it comes to mergers and leveraged buyouts, you can’t get a better guide than Bruce Wasserstein.