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Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst
Evaluates and structures deals when companies merge or buy each other.
Did you know?
Vodafone's $183 billion takeover of Mannesmann (1999-2000) is still one of the biggest ever, worth over $350 billion in today's money.
How subjects help
- Economics: Estimate the savings two companies could make by combining their operations.
- Law: Check the contracts, debts and lawsuits a company has before another one buys it.
- Mathematics: Build models that value a company and test what price makes a deal worthwhile.
A famous name
Bruce Wasserstein: Investment banker who worked on about 1,000 company mergers and takeovers.
Try it yourself: Run a mini survey
- Ask one clear question with a few choices, like "Which fruit do you like best?"
- Tally the answers as you go.
- Draw a bar chart of the results.
- Write one thing the data shows, and one thing it can't tell you (would a different group answer differently?).
Data scientists and statisticians ask good questions, count carefully and are honest about what the data can't show.
Also try: Find the mistake in the accounts.
Known for it in
USA, UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore