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Ken Moelis to Step Down as CEO of His Investment Bank

Longtime dealmaker says he expects the ‘smoothest transition ever in the history of Wall Street’

Ken Moelis in Moscow in 2019. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert during the early 1980s.
Ken Moelis in Moscow in 2019. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert during the early 1980s. Photo: Bloomberg News

Ken Moelis, the dealmaker who got his start with Michael Milken and launched an eponymous investment bank in 2007, is planning to step down as chief executive officer of Moelis & Co.

The 66-year-old founder is expected to assume the role of executive chairman, effective Oct. 1, he told The Wall Street Journal in an interview from the firm’s Manhattan headquarters. 

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