Wall Street's Rainmakers: The 20 bankers who hammered out 2025's biggest deals

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Photo collage of last years top investors
Meet 20 investment bankers who drove Wall Street's dealmaking resurgence in 2025.

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A closely watched trial over junior banker hours is off. The sleepless nights aren't.

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Wall Street workers

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Elite investment bank settles case that put Wall Street's 100-hour weeks on trial

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Top economist Steve Hanke says AI is 'overhyped and potentially dangerous'

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Steve Hanke.

Steve Hanke

How high-earners are using real estate and a little-known rule to slash their tax bills

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Kenji Asakura and Letizia Alto are the co-creators of Semi-Retired MD.

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2 little-known tech founders are both $14 billion richer this year as AI demand fuels a memory supercycle

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Kingston Technology's David Sun (left) and John Tu
Kingston Technology's David Sun (left) and John Tu are among the biggest wealth gainers this year.

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Blue Owl shopped debt for a CoreWeave data center. Lenders weren't sold.

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Blue Owl Data Center

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PwC engineers built an AI agent to tackle the corporate world's least sexy task: spreadsheets

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PwC, like many consulting firms, is investing heavily in engineering talent.

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A 3-fund portfolio, a no-kid lifestyle, and a 'die with zero' mindset: How one NYC couple is retiring in their 40s

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Financially independent couple Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson

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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen just put 'parasitic' bosses on blast. Michael Burry sees shades of Warren Buffett.

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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen

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