Robert B. McKeon
| Robert B. McKeon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Brian McKeon August 6, 1954 |
| Died | September 10, 2012 (aged 58) |
| Alma mater |
Fordham University Harvard Business School (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | Private equity investor; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), founder of Veritas Capital |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Elizabeth Smith McKeon Patricia Finnegan |
| Children | Alexander, Robert, Jacqueline, and James |
| Parent(s) | Diana Brady McKeon and Donald Stillwell McKeon |
Robert B. McKeon (August 6, 1954 – September 10, 2012) was Chairman of New York-based Veritas Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm that he formed in 1992. He was also a founding partner of Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he served as the Chairman of Wasserstein Perella Management Partners.
McKeon was born to Diana Brady McKeon and Donald Stillwell McKeon and grew up with six siblings in Bronx, NY. He attended Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia, New York. McKeon, learned about takeovers from his father's experience-Donald McKeon was a deliveryman for Drake's cakes, a company that was sold three times in three years in the late 1980s when McKeon was in his thirties. He graduated magna cum laude from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
McKeon began his career at First Boston Corporation in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, later becoming a director. In the 1980s, First Boston's merger and acquisition team was led by Wall Street legends, investment banker Bruce Wasserstein and financier Joseph R. Perella, who orchestrated transactions such as the leveraged buyout of Federated Stores, earning First Boston $200 million in fees. In a New York Times 2007 article, Parella was described as "one of the financial industry’s sharpest recruiters" and Wasserstein was described as the biggest star of the dealmakers in the 1980s Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) boom in The Wall Street Journal. At First Boston, and then at Wasserstein Perella after 1988, Parella and Wasserstein helped create "a dynasty of bankers and executives that has spread throughout Wall Street and corporate America".
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