Guy P. Wyser-Pratte (born June 21, 1940 in Vichy, France) is an American financial investor and corporate raider. He joined the Marine Corps at age 18 before eventually moving into finance.[1] He is the head of New York-based Wyser-Pratte & Co., an investment fund with some $500 million in assets under management founded in 1991,[1] focused on "undervalued European equities."[2]

Guy Wyser-Pratt
Born (1940-06-21) June 21, 1940 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
University of Rochester
OccupationFinancial investor

Wyser-Pratte holds an M.B.A. in finance from New York University and a B.A. in history from the University of Rochester. He wrote two books on risk arbitrage (1971 and 1982).

In 2010, Wyser-Pratte tried to take control of Lagardere but he failed because of the opposition of the majority of shareholders.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b à 09h30, Le 27 avril 2010 (2010-04-27). "Guy Wyser-Pratte, ex-Marine nourri à la haute finance". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Wyser-Pratte & Co. website
  3. ^ "Guy wyser-pratte déclare la guerre !" [Guy Wyser-Pratte declares war !] (in French). March 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Under siege: Shareholder activism at Lagardère". The Economist. April 22, 2010.

Further reading

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  • Welling, Kate; Gabelli, Mario (2018). Merger Masters: Tales of Arbitrage. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 19–36. ISBN 978-0-231-19042-8.