• 12 Oct 2009 at 1:34 PM

Bruce Wasserstein Not Stepping Down But Here Are A Few People Who Could Take His Job In The Event Things Take A Turn For The Worst

By Bess Levin

brucewasserstein.jpgLazard said in a statement yesterday that Bruce Wasserstein is “stable and recovering” after checking into the hospital with an irregular heartbeat, and gave no indication the CEO would step down from the firm or cut back on his responsibilities, necessitating the need for someone else to take over. But what do you say we come up with some names, just for kicks? Wass will likely make a full recovery, so it’s not as morbid as it seems, and Ken Lewis is mulling putting his plans to retire on ice* so we needn’t waste our time coming up with a successor for him.
Last Tycoons author William Cohan thinks Vice Chairman Steven Golub would be a likely candidate to take over cause he’s “old-time Lazard guy who has a done a very good job of continuity in terms of bridging the old Lazard and the Bruce Lazard.” Charlie Gasparino is working the phones and will have some wild card names for you to place odds on shortly. Hopefully all of this talk will be for naught, however, because Dick Bové cannot say good-bye to another CEO (she’s holding it together for now but could blow at any second):

“This is troubling news,” Richard Bove, an analyst with Rochdale Securities LLC, said in a report today. “Mr. Wasserstein has been the driving force behind this company in recent years. His formidable position in the advisory business is undoubtedly the source of a significant amount of the firm’s business.”

Lazard’s Golub Most Likely Wasserstein Successor, Cohan Says [Bloomberg]
*Kidding, he’s so outta there. What KL actually said was “put some ice in that Strawberry Hill and let’s celebrate the hell out of this holiday.”

Comments (17)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    Bruce be lookin good!

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    hot asian wives will do that to you.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    We need Amanda Drury updates stat.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    @3 there are none. she’s kept very covered up lately.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    @2 was thinking the same thing…she’s probably too much for him in the sack.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    please post pic of said hot wife. Every one that comes up on good looks like freakin yoko.
    and bruce, maybe a time to lay off the all honk and whiskey diet?

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    My Wall St. porno would include Dick Bove providing Cody Willard a pedicure. Does that make me gay?
    - Baffled in Battery Park

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    @6 http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/4250
    @7 no

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    @8 not that hot

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    Cohan put down the knife and fork long enough to comment? Or did someone interpret between mouthfuls?
    Bring back Stevie Rattner. Oops, scandal thing.
    Jacobs is the best choice.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    “Cohan put down the knife and fork long enough to comment? Or did someone interpret between mouthfuls?”
    what?

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    A turn for the WORST? Oh man.

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    golub? no. too nice a man. you need to look back a few years… someone waiting, neh, lurking off stage… rubbing sweaty palms together, waiting for just the right moment to swoop back in and reclaim the throne…
    cohan is somewhat clueless these days.

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    when did bruce start playing larry david’s agent on curb your enthusiasm?

  15. 15
    Posted by Stanley O | October 12, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    I could be had for a song. Just saying…

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Damn I hope she’s a FREAK in the sack cuz she sure ain’t much to look at!

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2009 at 10:18 PM

    That zipperhead is not hot. Want to see a hot oriental? http://www.natashayi.com
    Natasha is hot. I want to pack her poop with my cock.

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