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Odd Lots: Goldman’s Sykes on the 2028 Olympics Deal (Podcast)

We’re in an era of megadeals, with Goldman Sachs reporting a record year for big deal volumes as companies scramble to compete with AI. Gene Sykes has seen multiple deal cycles come and go over his multi-decade career. The co-head of mergers and acquisitions has worked on famous transactions like Comcast’s purchase of Universal and Disney’s buyout of Pixar. In addition to being “the…

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