JPMorgan Taps Rifkin as M&A Vice Chairman
Rifkin, who brings 30 years of transaction experience to his new position, will join the investment bank in September.
June 19, 2009
JPMorgan hired William Rifkin as vice chairman of mergers and acquisitions. Rifkin, who will join the investment bank in September, will report to Jimmy Elliott, who serves as global head of M&A at JPMorgan. He comes to the firm from Merrill Lynch, where he was chairman of global M&A and served as chairman of its fairness opinion committee.
Rifkin brings more than 30 years of transaction experience to his new position, having overseen strategic acquisitions like Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s $25.9 billion purchase of Phelps Dodge and Pilgrims Pride Corp.'s $1.1 billion purchase of Gold Kist, among others.
The Harvard MBA grad and Baker Scholar recipient sits on the boards of Phoenix House Foundation Inc. and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Rifkin is just the latest Merrill vet to depart since Bank of America's subsumption of the investment bank. Greenhill, Evercore, Deutsche Bank, Advent International, and even strategic Digital Ally have all poached former Merrill Lynch bankers over the past month.
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