 Also in 2016, John Weinberg joined Evercore as Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman.In 2017, Evercore advised Coach, Inc. on its $2 billion acquisition of Kate Spade New York; Whole Foods Market on its $14 billion sale to Amazon; CVS on its acquisition of Aetna in the largest Healthcare deal of year; and Qualcomm on its successful defense against Broadcom in the largest contested Technology deal ever.In 2018 Evercore has advised the Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of T-Mobile U.S. on its acquisition of Sprint Corporation and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited on its acquisition of Shire plc.