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Anthony Y. Kim

Partner at Centerview Partners

Tony Kim has spent his 20+ year career focused on strategic advice and M&A across a broad range of sectors, including consumer products, retail, industrials, media, technology and financial institutions. He has executed over $600 billion in transactions over the course of his career. Recent assignments include advising Tiffany on its $17bn sale to LVMH, AT&T on its discussions with shareholder activist Elliott Management, CVS on its $77bn acquisition of Aetna, Procter & Gamble on its proxy fight with Trian and its $15 billion sale of beauty brands to Coty in a Reverse Morris Trust, General Electric on its $32 billion merger of its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes and its $35 billion exit of GE Capital, Kraft on its $58 billion merger with Heinz, Hasbro on its acquisition of Entertainment One, Coty on its tender offer from JAB, Harry’s on its sale to Edgewell, Kind on its strategic partnership with Mars, Everbank on its sale to TIAA, and Target on its acquisition of Shipt.

Other transactions include advising Altria on its $113 billion spin-off of Philip Morris International, its $62 billion spin-off of Kraft Foods and its $12 billion acquisition of UST; InBev on its $52 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch; Kraft Foods on its $30 billion spin-off of its North American grocery business, its $22 billion acquisition of Cadbury and its $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco; General Electric on its $18 billion sale of NBC Universal to Comcast and its $14 billion acquisition of Alstom; Alliance Boots on its $30 billion two-step sale to Walgreens; CSX on its $10 billion acquisition of Conrail; News Corporation on its $6 billion acquisition of Dow Jones; and Big Heart Pet Brands on its $6 billion sale to The J.M. Smucker Company.

Mr. Kim has been profiled in business publications including the New York Times and Dealmaker Magazine. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Lazard and Wasserstein Perella & Co. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Prep for Prep. Mr. Kim holds a B.S. and B.A. from The Wharton School and the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

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