Eric Gleacher

Eric Gleacher founded the M&A business at Lehman Brothers, ran the Global M&A operation at Morgan Stanley, and founded one of the first successful M&A boutiques, which he managed for twenty-three years. He is widely recognized as one of a handful of investors and financiers who launched M&A into the global industry it is today.
Gleacher was a US Marine infantry officer in the '60s and is a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. An only child, he now has six children, a stepson and stepdaughter, and eight grandchildren. He is married to Paula Gleacher, an artist and avid golfer.