Larry Grafstein

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Larry Grafstein
Born
Laurence Stephen Grafstein
EducationHarvard University (B.A.) 1982

University of Oxford (M.Phil) 1984

University of Toronto (Juris Doctor) 1988
OccupationsM&A advisor, banker
Known forRBC Capital Markets (Deputy chairman)
SpouseRebecca Weatherhead (married 1989–present)
RelativesJerry Grafstein (father)

Larry Grafstein (born Laurence S. Grafstein[1]) is an American investment banker and Mergers and Acquisitions advisor, currently the Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Bank at RBC Capital Markets.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Larry Grafstein is the son of former Canadian senator Jerry Grafstein and Carole Grafstein, a member of the Order of Canada.[3][6] He graduated from Harvard University with Bachelor of Arts in 1982 where he was Executive Editor of The Harvard Crimson.[7][8]

He received his M.Phil degree from University of Oxford at Balliol, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and president of the Oxford Union.[9][10] He received his Juris Doctor from University of Torronto Faculty of Law in 1988.[11][3]

Career

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Grafstein began his Wall Street career at Wasserstein Perella & Co. in 1990.[12] In 2001, he became the Managing Director and Co-head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications at the investment bank, Lazard Ltd.[13][14][15] In March 2009, Grafstein helped lead the group that bought The New Republic magazine, together with its longtime editor Martin Peretz, from CanWest Communications.[16][17] He also chaired The New Republic’s Advisory Board until its subsequent sale to Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes in 2012.[18][19][20][21][22]

Later in 2009, Grafstein joined Rothschild & Co. in New York as a Managing Director and Co-head of M&A.[23][24][25] In September 2012, he left Rothschild & Co and joined Swiss financial services company, UBS Group AG as Co-head of M&A in the Americas.[26][27][28] He worked at UBS as the co-head of M&A in the Americas.[29][30][31] Since September 2018, Grafstein has served as the Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Bank at RBC Capital Markets.[32][33]

Larry Grafstein is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Horace Mann School,[7] a member of the executive committee of the Wall Street division of UJA-Federation of New York[34] and a member of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Foundation of Upper Canada College, his high school alma mater.[35]

Personal life

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Grafstein has been married to Rebecca Weatherhead since 1989.[36][37]

References

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