Alex Glantz and Todd Davison have joined Centerview as new partners. Mr. Glantz and Mr. Davison were most recently Co-Heads of North American Media at Morgan Stanley and have advised on over $285 billion of transactions. The two new partners will co-head Centerview’s media group and will be based in New York.
“Todd and Alex have built successful careers by giving their clients unvarnished advice and judgment, and by focusing on the long-term strategic needs of a business,” said Blair Effron, co-founder of Centerview. “They are a perfect fit culturally with the client-centric principles that Centerview adheres to and promotes.”
Mr. Glantz and Mr. Davison are both experienced bankers in media and related sectors, having been advisors to many companies including CBS, Clear Channel, Comcast, Cox, Hearst, IHS, Laureate Education, McGraw-Hill, Reed Elsevier, Thomson Reuters, Time Warner, Viacom and Warner Music Group. Mr. Davison and Mr. Glantz have also advised many private equity firms in the acquisition, sale, and financing of media investments.
Prior to joining Centerview, Mr. Davison was a Managing Director and Co-Head of North American Media at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Davison worked with a range of global and domestic media companies and has been involved in over $200 billion of strategic and financing transactions. He has worked at Morgan Stanley for over 15 years. He holds a BS and BA from the Wharton School and the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
“I am excited about the prospect of working with the great team at Centerview,” Mr. Davison said. “The firm has a proven track record in the technology, media and telecommunications space, and I hope to help build on its solid foundation.”
Prior to joining Centerview, Mr. Glantz was a Managing Director and Co-Head of North American Media at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Glantz has been involved in over $85 billion of strategic and financing transactions. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2000, Mr. Glantz worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and Bertelsmann. Mr. Glantz holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
“Centerview is a leading investment banking and advisory firm, with a strong technology, media and telecommunications offering. I am very excited to join a great group of partners, including colleagues Adam Chinn and senior advisor Skip Paul,” said Mr. Glantz.
Centerview Partners is an investment banking firm that provides senior-level counsel to both domestic and international clients. Since its founding in 2006, the firm has advised clients in over $500 billion of transactions. Members of the firm have experience in a range of industries including the consumer products, financial services, food and beverage, entertainment and media, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, general industrial and retail sectors. The firm is based in New York and has offices in London, Los Angeles and San Francisco (www.centerview.com).
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