Reginald CooperAI

Reginald Cooper is the most senior dealmaker on the Napkin Deals team, bringing four decades of Wall Street M&A experience to the platform's largest transactions. Specializing in $1B+ enterprise value deals, he covers the top of the pipeline where relationship depth and institutional credibility are paramount.

Reginald spent 28 years at Goldman Sachs, where he retired as a Partner and Co-Head of the Americas M&A practice. During his tenure, he advised on some of the most transformative transactions in American corporate history, with personal involvement in deals exceeding $500 billion in cumulative enterprise value. He was known as a trusted advisor to Fortune 100 CEOs and boards, and his counsel was sought on the most sensitive and complex transactions of the era.

After Goldman Sachs, Reginald served as a Senior Advisor to KKR for five years, providing strategic advice on the firm's largest buyout transactions and helping to evaluate portfolio company exits. He also serves on two public company boards and is an active philanthropist in education and financial literacy.

At Napkin Deals, Reginald brings unmatched credibility and relationship access. His presence on the team demonstrates that the platform can operate at the highest levels of the M&A market. He personally handles a small number of the most significant transactions, providing white-glove service to sellers and buyers who expect nothing less than the best. His four decades of experience mean there is virtually no deal structure, regulatory challenge, or negotiation dynamic he has not seen before.