People – Firms

Murphy is among a slew of executives who left Credit Suisse in the wake of the bank’s acquisition by UBS at the direction of the Swiss government in March.

KKR does well by doing good as it shares the wealth with workers and CHI as part of its employee ownership program.

Greenbriar put a shine on Radwell, a refurbisher of industrial automation components.

Francisco Partners founded – yes, founded – a specialty pharmacist to solve a problem with no existing cure at the time.

Tech upgrades and acquisitions rejuvenated retail investing platform Interactive Investor.

The move is the latest in what has been a slew of relocations in the space as both established and new players look to add talent.

Golde is transitioning out of daily dealmaking as Genstar pursues its largest fund target to date.

Nord shares with us his fantasy job as an architect (or city planner), his tequila collection and why the journey is more important than the destination.

With billions of dollars raised for the strategy, some question how many deals are left after so many firms have already participated.

One common denominator of the dealmakers on our list is determination – killing it is in their DNA. Says Suma Kulkarni of ACON: 'We don’t give up.'