Centerview Partners
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| Company type | Private ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | 31 West 52nd Street New York, New York, U.S. |
| Products | Investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, private equity |
| Website | www |
Centerview Partners is an American independent investment banking firm founded in 2006. Centerview operates primarily as an investment banking advisory firm with approximately 80 partners and 500 professionals advising across various industries, geographies, transaction structures, and deal sizes.[1][2][3] The firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Paris, Menlo Park and San Francisco.[4][5][6]
History
[edit]Centerview was founded in July 2006 by Blair Effron, former Vice Chairman of UBS AG, and Robert Pruzan, former CEO of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein North America and President of Wasserstein Perella & Co.[7][8] In 2010, Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, joined the firm as Counselor.[9] In 2019, Rahm Emanuel joined the firm to launch the Chicago office.[5] In 2023, Richard N. Haass, former president of the Council of Foreign Relations, joined the firm as Senior Counselor.[10] In 2025, Reince Priebus, former White House Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Republican National Committee, joined the firm as Senior Advisor.[11]
In 2024, The Wall Street Journal cited Centerview as the investment bank with the fourth highest M&A revenue in the U.S.[12] The firm has also consistently ranked well as a top investment bank to work for,[13] in part for its high compensation relative to the industry, including to first year analysts.[14][15]
In 2024, Centerview ranked fourth among all banks for mergers and acquisitions revenue in the U.S.[12] As of 2025, the firm was rated "No. 1 Investment Bank to Work For" by Vault for six consecutive years.[16][13]
Management
[edit]Before co-founding Centerview, Effron was Group Vice Chairman of UBS AG and a member of the Board of UBS Investment Bank, where he also sat on several management committees and advised Gillette on its $57 billion sale to Procter & Gamble, which was the largest M&A transaction of 2005.[17] In 2006, Effron announced he was leaving UBS to form a new boutique investment banking firm.[18]
Before co-founding Centerview, Pruzan was Head of Global Investment Banking and CEO of North America at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and President of Wasserstein Perella & Co.[8] He is a former member of McKinsey & Company where he specialized in strategic consulting for consumer products companies and financial institutions.[19]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Centerview Resists Lure of Record IPO Market". The Wall Street Journal. December 23, 2020.
- ^ "Our Team". Centerview Partners. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ^ Indap, Sujeet; Fontanella-Khan, James (2023-04-21). "US boutique adviser Centerview names first co-presidents". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Centerview Partners". Centerview Partners. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- ^ a b "Rahm Emanuel, Ex-Chicago Mayor, Is Going to Wall Street". The Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2019.
- ^ Davis, Michelle (January 31, 2025). "Centerview Rehires Emlen Fischer as Partner From Battery Startup". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "The little guys are winning on Wall Street". Business Insider. September 8, 2016.
- ^ a b "Robert Alan Pruzan". Bloomberg. May 15, 2019.
- ^ DEALBOOK. "Rubin to Join Centerview, a Young Firm". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Baker, Liana (September 12, 2023). "Centerview Partners Hires Former Council of Foreign Relations Chief Haass". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ Hoffman, Liz (March 11, 2025). "Democrats' favorite Wall Street firm hedges its political bets with Trump hire". Semafor. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Thomas, Lauren. "Exclusive | Centerview Partners Considers a Deal of Its Own After Record Year". WSJ. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ a b "Best Banks to Work For | Top 25 Rated Banks and Firms". Vault. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Goldman Sachs bonuses were big, but not the biggest". eFinancialCareers. February 23, 2022.
- ^ "Boutique Centerview tops junior pay hikes with $130,000 starting salary". Financial News London. January 11, 2022.
- ^ "50 Best Investment Banks to Work For in 2020". Vault. January 28, 2020.
- ^ "'Bold' M&A Now Key Corporate Strategy: Advisor". CNBC. July 21, 2011.
- ^ "Another UBS Banker Leaves in London". The Wall Street Journal. April 26, 2012.
- ^ "Robert A. Pruzan". Mergr. May 25, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Centerview Partners. (Company website)
