Kurt Simon, JPMorgan's global head of M&A, spends his days chatting with bosses of the world's biggest companies, fighting off corporate raiders like Carl Icahn and striking deals with the help of colleagues including Jamie Dimon. Simon shares his tales of a career that began during the Liars Poker era at Salomon Brothers on this episode of ``Deal of the Week.'' Plus, Bloomberg reporter Sarah Frier explains to host Alex Sherman why there seems to be a new rumor about Twitter getting sold each and every week.

<p>Kurt Simon, JPMorgan's global head of M&amp;A, spends his days chatting with bosses of the world's biggest companies, fighting off corporate raiders like Carl Icahn and striking deals with the help of colleagues including Jamie Dimon. Simon shares his tales of a career that began during the Liars Poker era at Salomon Brothers on this episode of ``Deal of the Week.'' Plus, Bloomberg reporter Sarah Frier explains to host Alex Sherman why there seems to be a new rumor about Twitter getting sold each and every week.</p>

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll talk to reporters who broke Bloomberg's major scoops and interview investors, executives, lawyers and bankers for an inside peek into what's going on inside corporate boardrooms and what it's like working with the world's largest companies and richest people.

Bloomberg M&A reporter Alex Sherman examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street.

Deal of the Week

Episode 11: JPMorgan M&A Chairman Kurt Simon Gets Personal

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