Larry Grafstein

Larry Grafstein is the son of Jerry Grafstein, a former Canadian senator and lawyer, and Carole Grafstein, a member of the Order of Canada.^[3][6] He matriculated from Upper Canada College and graduated from Harvard University with Bachelor of Arts in 1982 where he was Executive Editor of The Harvard Crimson.^[7][8] He received his Masters in Philosophy from University of Oxford at Balliol, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and president of the Oxford Union.^[9][10] He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1988.^[11][3]

Grafstein began his Wall Street career at Wasserstein Perella & Co. in 1990.^[12] In 2001, he became the managing director and co-head of technology, media and telecommunications at the investment bank, Lazard Ltd.^[13][14][15] In March 2009, Grafstein helped lead the group that bought The New Republic magazine, together with its longtime editor Martin Peretz, from CanWest Communications.^[16][17] He also chaired the Advisory Board of The New Republic until the sale of the publication to Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes in 2012.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

In 2009, Grafstein joined Rothschild & Co. in New York as a managing director and co-head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).^[23][24][25] In September 2012, he joined UBS Group AG as co-head of M&A in the Americas.^{[26][27][28][29][30][31]} Since September 2018, Grafstein has served as the managing director and deputy chairman of RBC Capital Markets.^[32][33]

Grafstein is also the chairman of the board of trustees at Horace Mann School,^[7] a member of the executive committee of the Wall Street division of UJA-Federation of New York^[34] and a member of the board of trustees of the U.S. Foundation of Upper Canada College.^[35]

Grafstein married Rebecca Weatherhead in 1989.^[36][37]

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