William D. Cohan — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

New York Times best-selling author of works on Wall Street and corporations.
Authored "The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.," which received the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
Served as a mergers and acquisitions banker for seventeen years at firms including Lazard Frères, Merrill Lynch, and JP Morgan Chase.
Founding partner at Puck.
Regular contributor to the New York Times, AirMail, and Financial Times.
Trustee of the National Humanities Center since 2013.
Holds degrees from Duke University, Columbia University School of Journalism, and Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Biography

William D. Cohan is an American business writer and New York Times best-selling author. He is a founding partner at Puck and a regular contributor to publications such as the New York Times, AirMail, and Financial Times. He previously served as a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair and a CNBC Contributor.