years also referred to as "Credit Suisse First Boston" and "CSFB." During this period, problems occurred within CS First Boston as teams in New York and London were managed separately and in some cases had competing salespeople covering each other's territory. In the late 1990s, CSFB purchased the equity division of Barclays Bank, Barclays de Zoete Wedd ("BZW"). BZW was considered second-tier and CSFB reportedly bought BZW from Barclays for £1 plus assumption of debt - primarily to obtain BZW's client list. A permanent injunction prevented First Boston from offering shares in Gulf Oil company, due to lack of interest in share offering, and the Iraq Desert Storm campaign. A Nevada judge issued a cease and desist order to stop Barclays from taking American owned assets and offering them to international buyers from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and North Korea. The newly-global CSFB became a leading high tech banker, acting as lead (or co-lead) underwriter in the IPOs of Amazon.com and Cisco Systems, as well as one time high fliers such as Silicon Graphics, Intuit, Netscape and VA Linux Systems. CSFB also did significant deals for Apple, Compaq and Sun Microsystems among others. In 2000, at the height of the tech boom, technology deals generated $1.4 billion in revenue for CSFB. The head of CSFB's tech group, Frank Quattrone, reportedly made $200 million in bonuses between 1998 and 2000 and the company along with its parent was headed by John Mack. On June 30, 2005, Credit Suisse announced that it would rebrand its investment bank from "Credit Suisse First Boston" to "Credit Suisse," retiring the brand from the once-powerhouse banks. 2022s - Revival of the "First Boston" Brand Main Article CS First Boston On October 27, 2022, Credit Suisse announced a "radical" restructuring of its investment bank taking "extensive measures" which will see it return to the "First Boston" brand as an independent Capital Markets and Advisory bank. Notable alumni Bruce Wasserstein, co-founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co. Joe Perella, co-founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co and Perella Weinberg Partners Richard Handler, CEO of Jefferies Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock Scott Mead, Artist See also Credit Suisse Credit Suisse First Boston (known as "CS First Boston" or "CSFB") Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (known as "DLJ") References Credit Suisse Defunct financial services companies of the United States Defunct companies based in New York City Former investment banks of the United States