12 Jun
News, Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Scott Rostan “Real M&A: JBS’s Remaining Targets Lack Hillshire Appeal”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-12/jbs-s-remaining-targets-lack-hillshire-appeal-real-m-a.html  By Brooke Sutherland JBS SA (JBSS3) is running out of consolation prizes. The Brazilian meat producer’s latest attempt at a major deal was quashed this week when Tyson Foods Inc. won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands Co. (HSH) with a record premium for the food industry. Last year, JBS was preparing...

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18 Mar
News

Crain’s: Scott Rostan “M.B.A.s flock to tech scene”

Traditional Wall Street jobs aren't the sure thing they used to be for some graduates. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140318/NONPROFITS/303169997/-education-report-m-b-a-s-flock-to-tech-scene# By Eilene Zimmerman Kelly Goldston didn't make a beeline for an investment bank or consulting firm like many M.B.A.s when she graduated last May from New York University's Stern School of Business. Instead, she took a job...

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24 Feb
News, Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Chirag Saraiya on “Herbalife Ripens for Suitors Dismissing Ackman: Real M&A”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-24/herbalife-ripens-for-suitors-dismissing-ackman-real-m-a.html By Brooke Sutherland and Duane D. Stanford For suitors willing to bet Bill Ackman is wrong, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) is a prime candidate for a buyout. Ackman’s assertions that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme pit him against company backers including Carl Icahn and Bill Stiritz, chairman of Post Holdings Inc. Stiritz, the fourth-largest holder, said last year he’d support...

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06 Feb
News, Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Scott Rostan “Reaching the Top Ranks of Blackstone Without an M.B.A.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/01/31/reaching-the-top-ranks-of-blackstone-without-an-m-b-a/  By Mike Spector Real-estate guru Jonathan Gray heads Blackstone’s largest business, chairs the board of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., just became a billionaire on paper and is in line to one day run the world’s largest private-equity firm. But he’s also notable for something he doesn’t have: an M.B.A. The 43-year-old Gray, who...

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02 Jan
News

Proformative: Robert Rostan “Trading Places, How to Carry Over Your Finance Skills to Another Industry”

  http://www.proformative.com/articles/trading-places-how-carry-over-your-finance-skills-another-industry Sheryl Nance-Nash Robert Rostan wanted something different. He was the director of financial reporting at Sonic Automotive, an $8 billion public specialty retailer, but in 2006, he joined his brother’s company, Training The Street (TTS) a corporate training provider for Wall Street firms and business schools. Today, as the CFO and principal of TTS, Rostan spends...

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