| Headline: Tom King - Co-head of global mergers group, Salomon Smith Barney Source: Euromoney Date: May 2000 Author: Philip Eade
Thomas C King was cited as one of the new school. One of Wall Street's top deal makers, Tom King had been chief strategist in 1997 for Worldcom when it outmanoeuvred British Telecom with a $37 billion bid for MCI Communications. But he was noticed fretting about a press interview. "I don't need this," he said, suspecting colleagues might view it as an attempt to bolster his career. It might also antagonize his bosses who valued teamwork. "Anyone who thinks they are in a one man show in M&A, you don't want as a banker. There are more issues than any one man can deal with." |