William Burns
Managing Director, Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)

William Burns is a Managing Director on Cowen’s TMT Investment Banking team, specializing in Internet and software. Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Burns was with Fairmount Partners, a boutique investment bank, where he focused on executing mergers and acquisitions across a variety of technology sectors with both public and private clients.
Prior to working in investment banking, William spent several years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the firm’s Transaction Services practice where he provided merger and acquisition advisory services to clients worldwide.
He earned his Masters of Accounting from Villanova University and BS in Business Administration from Drexel University.
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