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Originally Posted by Craig T
The buy-side execs CAN do well after the deal matures and the money hits the bottom line. The execs of the acquiring company are either leveraging the company which hit the balance sheet, spending cash reserves, or diluting equity to raise money. All these events put the seller execs at risk. If the deal doesn't meet projections, the buy-side execs that did the deal can lose they're jobs. If the acquirer is large enough to have an M&A team in-house, then those deal guys get nice bonuses, but that's about it.
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Craig, you and I were in different corporate worlds...mine was with a couple of mega-banks and later big tobacco. Made a movie about my last rodeo....Leveraged Buy Outs suck
. There was nary an executive in any of those organizations (buyer or seller) who didn't make a fortune imo.