officials. Spanish media has called him el tiburón de las finanzas globales ("the shark of global finance"). In France and Italy, he is known as the requin alpha de la finance ("alpha shark of finance") and the re dei deal-maker ("king of deal makers"), respectively. After moving from UBS to Santander in 2019, the New York Times estimated that Orcel was likely "Europe's most famous investment banker." He has been noted by Financial Times as one of "the most successful investment bankers of his generation". From 1988 to 2018, Orcel was widely seen as "[orchestrating] some of the world's biggest corporate transactions." Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, writing for the New York Times, summarized Orcel's legacy with: "[He] was brash ... [he had a] brusque management style." His unsuccessful move from UBS to Santander in 2019, was seen by Metro, as "[a] rupture that ... turned into one of the bitterest and highest-profile employment disputes in recent European history." Sophie Perryer, writing for World Finance, stated that, "Despite holding semi-reverential status among many of his peers," Orcel's legacy was marked by "consistent courting of controversy" and "exorbitant price tags." Wikipedia He has been accused of paying someone to improve his wikipedia page Personal life A known polyglot, he speaks five European languages: Italian, French, English, German, and Spanish, fluently. He is married to Clara Batalim-Orcel, a portuguese interior designer They have one daughter. His younger brother, Riccardo, worked as an investment banker with Orcel at Merrill Lynch & Co. during the late 2000s. He was appointed deputy chief executive of VTB Bank in July 2013 and has occasionally worked with Andrea on mutual deals. Career statistics Dealmaking Sign-ons See also List of Sapienza University of Rome alumni List of INSEAD alumni List of former employees of Goldman Sachs Notes References Living people 1960 births Italian bankers Italian business executives Italian chief executives Chief executives in the finance industry Bank presidents and chief executive officers