Former McKinsey's Top M&A Advisor on What CFOs Get Wrong About Deals
David Fubini spent 35 years as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded the firm's global merger integration practice. He has advised on dozens of major transactions, including the deal that brought IBM's PC business to Lenovo.
He started his career at Johnson & Johnson, where he was part of the team that launched Tylenol as a consumer brand. He now teaches at Harvard Business School and is the author of four books, including his latest, Post-Merger Integration, released in June 2026 with Wiley.
In this conversation, David explains why most M&A deals fail, and why the…
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