Paul McCulley wrote the ARM 2/28 mortgage reading included in this year’s Level 2 curriculum. I’d say that qualifies him as well-known.
we should just do how many business cards of top names do you have… in that case, I have about 10-15 relatively “top” names in my stack; in addition to the 200+ consultant relations, marketing, and smaller-name PMs.
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hobbes928 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I’m in sellside research and I did a little bit of > work for Steve Eisman earlier this year. I’ve had four 1-on-1 meetings with Eisman in the last couple years and also ran into him in Florida a few months ago, he holds the record for highest curse words-to-regular language ratio in the business. Definitely not lacking for character.
i know a bada$s finance professional… I look at that handsome SOB every morning in the mirror. he is a sexy mf.
how’d you get a picture of me on your mirror?
thommo77 wins IMO
monger187 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paul McCulley wrote the ARM 2/28 mortgage reading > included in this year’s Level 2 curriculum. I’d > say that qualifies him as well-known. Didn’t make it onto the exam, so -1.
I met Bob Merton and Myron Scholes at a financial conference. Merton was absolutely shameless in pursuit of a rather “well built” 22 year old student. He spent the bulk of the two days with her. I met Bob Merton and Myron Scholes at a financial conference. Merton was absolutely shameless in pursuit of a rather “well built” 22 year old student. He spent the bulk of the two days with her. Scholes left a notepad with a bunch of formulas in the conference room. I picked it up and kept it, which makes me an academic man groupie.
joemontana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I met Bob Merton and Myron Scholes at a financial > conference. Merton was absolutely shameless in > pursuit of a rather “well built” 22 year old > student. He spent the bulk of the two days with > her. > > I met Bob Merton and Myron Scholes at a financial > conference. Merton was absolutely shameless in > pursuit of a rather “well built” 22 year old > student. He spent the bulk of the two days with > her. > > Scholes left a notepad with a bunch of formulas in > the conference room. I picked it up and kept it, > which makes me an academic man groupie. Merton is a dying star. A white dwarf headed for a black hole…thats physics. Its inevitable.
monger187 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paul McCulley wrote the ARM 2/28 mortgage reading > included in this year’s Level 2 curriculum. I’d > say that qualifies him as well-known. If writing part of CFA curriculum counts one as famous, then I would probably work with some “famous” people…who I obviously won’t name for fear of identification. In the pseudo-finance realm, I have met and eaten with Donald Trump a few times.
eureka Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the pseudo-finance realm, I have met and eaten > Ivanka Trump a few times. This would’ve been a more interesting post.
eureka Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > monger187 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Paul McCulley wrote the ARM 2/28 mortgage > reading > > included in this year’s Level 2 curriculum. > I’d > > say that qualifies him as well-known. > > > If writing part of CFA curriculum counts one as > famous, then I would probably work with some > “famous” people…who I obviously won’t name for > fear of identification. > > In the pseudo-finance realm, I have met and eaten > with Donald Trump a few times. Anyone knowledgeable in the fixed income space is familiar with Paul McCulley. In our field he is “famous”. Your mom might not be impressed if you name drop him in your next dinner visit- but would she really recognize Ken Griffin or Jack Treynor walking down the street? If one were to use that as the measure of being famous hardly anyone would be- other than trump and similarly flamboyant characters. edit: serious typo issues
Wouldnt call it an interview but met with one of the members of the Barrons Roundtable a few times
JohnThainsLimoDriver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > eureka Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > In the pseudo-finance realm, I have met and > eaten > > Ivanka Trump a few times. > > This would’ve been a more interesting post. haha “eaten Ivanka” and not “eating with …” I totally wouldn’t mind that
akanska Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > eureka Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > monger187 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Paul McCulley wrote the ARM 2/28 mortgage > > reading > > > included in this year’s Level 2 curriculum. > > I’d > > > say that qualifies him as well-known. > > > > > > If writing part of CFA curriculum counts one as > > famous, then I would probably work with some > > “famous” people…who I obviously won’t name for > > fear of identification. > > > > In the pseudo-finance realm, I have met and > eaten > > with Donald Trump a few times. > > Anyone knowledgeable in the fixed income space is > familiar with Paul McCulley. In our field he is > “famous”. Your mom might not be impressed if you > name drop him in your next dinner visit- but would > she really recognize Ken Griffin or Jack Treynor > walking down the street? If one were to use that > as the measure of being famous hardly anyone would > be- other than trump and similarly flamboyant > characters. > > edit: serious typo issues Don’t disagree, just saying that he is not famous BECAUSE he wrote CFA curriculum, but because he is who he is. @JTLD Eh, Ivanka’s gone downhill since she got all “professional” on the celebrity apprentice…
The coolest experience I had was sitting next to Peter Thiel during a dinner that my university’s business club hosted. Actually, it was a pretty intimate event; we had about 16 members in attendance, all of whom sat at the same table. Anyway, at the time, he had just recently sold PayPal and was thinking about his next venture (which later turned out to be Clarium Capital). The guy is an incredible visionary and one of the truly great minds of our generation, and it was amazing just to be able to have a real conversation with him and understand the way he looks at the world and entrepreneurship. I’ve also had a number of encounters with heads and C-level executives through my interviewing process in private equity, including Henry Kravis of KKR. They were all very positive and equally humbling experiences. That said, being in the setting of a job interview, there was understandably a different dynamic as compared to my meeting with Thiel.
I’m going to have to beg to differ on that one: http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44368/ivanka-trump.html#5
numi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The coolest experience I had was sitting next to > Peter Thiel Hope you didn’t sit too close, unless that’s what you’re into. http://valleywag.gawker.com/335894/peter-thiel-is-totally-gay-people
JohnThainsLimoDriver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I’m going to have to beg to differ on that one: > http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44368/iv > anka-trump.html#5 Yeah, she’s definitely a solid 7. Used to be an 8, though.