Bruce Wasserstein, the chairman and CEO of the investment bank Lazard Ltd dead on October 14, 2009. He was 61 years old. He was hospitalized due to irregular heartbeat on Sunday, October 11, 2009. The exact cause of death hasn't been determined.
Surviving Wasserstein is his ten month old child and his wife.http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/baby_between_marriages_yU7Jxf5rQqbzYFFOMzqRrJ Wasserstein married his 4th wife, Angela Chao, in January, 2009.
The Lazzard Ltd has appointed the Vice chairman Steven J. Golub as the interim CEO.
History
Bruce Wasserstein was a well known deal maker. He started working with Lazard Ltd. in 2005. He started his career as a corporate lawyer. He was the founder of Wasserstein Perella group. He was the CEO of Wasserstein Perella until it was sold in 2001. His total net worth is estimated to be over over two billion dollars.
Wasserstein was lastly working on Wasserstein was working on Kraft’s bid to take over Cadbury, a top candy company in UK. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_45/b4008001.htm http://media-newswire.com/release_1102682.html
