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Investment bankers often find themselves playing the role of a corporate matchmaker. A big part of the job description is finding new ways to raise money and help companies restructure themselves in a way that makes them more profitable for their owners.

There are many tools companies can use to boost profits, one of which is pushing along M&A deals. Sometimes the investment bankers are contacted by a company eager to sell themselves by looking for so-called strategic alternatives. But other times, the investment bankers are called on by big companies with money to burn looking for a deal. The big companies in the hunt call investment bankers to help identify and court targets.

Investment bankers, in large part, are hired due to their contacts in the business community and their ability to use financial modeling analysis to find deals that make economic sense. In Chapter 14, we explore many of the tools used by investment bankers to identify companies that are ripe for a buyout and discover ways to pair them up with the buyers.