Dealmaker of the Year: Morten Arntzen

“So what’s going on these days?” your humble correspondent asks Morten Arntzen as we sit down for lunch a few weeks ago at his favorite local place, Hatsuhana, tucked into an alcove on Park Avenue.

The restaurant is almost precisely equidistant from OSG’s new and former locations, the 200 Park Avenue base of AMA Capital Partners and Morten’s old office at Chase Manhattan Bank, and I wonder briefly if he has perhaps directed the better part of his professional life in order to remain close to his favorite raw fish restaurant.

The thought is broken when Morten raises his index finger as the waitress approaches, politely telling me to hold the thought while he orders, and then rattles off a sushi selection with the same confidence with which he buys and sells companies and ships.

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