In 2023, the overall value of M&A transactions dipped globally to $2.9 trillion across 53,529 deals, down from $3.4 trillion across 57,830 transactions in 2022.
Business Insider partnered with MergerLinks , a financial-data service that tracks deals, to present the fifth edition of "The Rainmakers," the 20 M&A bankers who orchestrated the largest deals in North America.
MergerLinks tracks publicly announced deals and calculates deal values on a net basis, including both equity and debt pieces.
This year’s list has a mix of returnees and first-timers and was dominated by energy bankers, including Goldman’s Sikhtian and Morgan Stanley’s Hoover.
Nearly half of the bankers on this year's list worked on energy deals.
Persons:
—, Scott Sheffield, Goldman Sachs, Suhail Sikhtian, Morgan Stanley, Greg Weinberger, Aaron Hoover —, Patrick Ramsey, Claudio Sauer, Hess, Goldman’s Sikhtian, Morgan Stanley’s Hoover
Organizations:
Service, Pioneer Natural Resources, ExxonMobil, Sheffield, Pioneer, Exxon, Business, Centerview Partners, LSEG, MergerLinks, Chevron, Centerview, Health Partners, Pfizer, & $
Locations:
Sheffield, Texas, North America