noun General Slang

Rainmaker

· noun · finance

The senior banker whose Rolodex prints fees.

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Definitions

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The dealmaker who actually brings in business. Doesn't model, doesn't pitch, doesn't grind decks at 3am. Knows the CEO, makes the call, the mandate lands. Worth their weight because revenue follows them when they switch firms.

“They paid him 20 million to defect, the guy's a proper rainmaker.”
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Same idea outside banking, anyone in law, consulting or sales whose personal book generates outsized revenue for the firm.

“She's the rainmaker at the firm, half the M&A practice walks out the door if she leaves.”
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Rainmaker In A Sentence

They paid him 20 million to defect, the guy's a proper rainmaker.
She's the rainmaker at the firm, half the M&A practice walks out the door if she leaves.

Origin & Usage

Borrowed from Native American medicine men believed to summon rain; entered US business slang mid-20th century.

Variants rain-maker
Tags #finance#wall-street#banking#sales

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