Wall Street's Rainmakers: The 20 bankers who hammered out 2025's biggest deals

Meet 20 investment bankers who drove Wall Street's dealmaking resurgence in 2025. Sam Britton; Blair Effron; Gary Posternack; Lily Mahdavi; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Business Insider partnered with MergerLinks to identify North America's top-20 M&A bankers for 2025. Some were repeat names on our annual Rainmakers list; others were newcomers from firms like Wells Fargo. They negotiated deals into the tens of billions and launched Wall Street's M&A boom. The battle for the future of Warner Br...