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Dates: during 1984-1984
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Observes Geoffrey Boisi, 36, a top mergermaker at Goldman Sachs: "We're a psychiatrist, a father confessor, a coach as well as a financial architect. Sometimes we have to be the bastards in the background who hold the line." When Pennzoil offered $112.50 a share for Getty Oil last January, Boisi was convinced the bid was too low. So beginning at 7:30 one morning, he phoned six U.S. oil companies and the government of Saudi Arabia to find another buyer. Within 48 hours, Texaco responded with a higher offer. When Pennzoil, advised by Lazard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Superstars of Merger | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

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