The $7 Billion Wall Street Gamble

CEO of Illumina Francis deSouza at Sun Valley in 2021
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William D. Cohan
September 15, 2021

Wall Street M&A bankers are on track for their biggest year of all time. It’s only September and yet 2021 is on pace to see the highest dollar volume ever, with nearly $4 trillion worth of announced deals already this year, putting within reach the all-time record of $4.3 trillion, which was achieved in 2007, right before the financial crisis.