Biography
Ben is a Partner in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group and the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, where he has responsibility for originating and advising on M&A transactions across Goldman Sachs’ healthcare franchise, in addition to advising public company Boards on corporate defense matters related to shareholder activism and unsolicited M&A.
Ben has advised on hundreds of M&A transactions, resulting in over $700 billion of announced transactions across a variety of mergers, divestitures, unsolicited M&A, corporate defense and other structured transactions. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ben was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he led Mergers & Acquisitions across several industry sectors, including Healthcare.
Ben earned a BA in Business Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Ben is a member of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Economics Board of Visitors and a trustee of First Tee, an international nonprofit focused on improving children’s life and social skills.
He resides in New York City with his wife and four children.