Financier Face Off
I recently read a list of the great financiers of all time and also another one on the top 5 bankers. Although I obviously knew that banking has been around for ages,
I was expecting more contemporary players from the industry, but was shocked with how few photographs there were in the first link, just paintings. I guess it makes sense, these days it is harder for one person to single-handedly have such an impact.
Who, in your opinion, has been the greatest financier/banker of the past 50 years? With the size of the industry there are so many possible answers, I'm surprised it isn't discussed on here more often.
Finance doesn't seem like music, politics or other fields whereby people are inspired to join by those before them; most people drive themselves to succeed based on their own personal goals (e.g. money, personal growth, developing their skills, and of course, money). Myself included; I've never spent too much time looking at the paths of 'great' financiers, I'm too busy trying to start on my own journey. That being said, most with an interest have people in mind who they consider to be extraordinary because of what they achieved or how they achieved it.







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I don't really have a
I don't really have a personal favorite, although I did meet David Einhorn once. Very nice guy.
lloyd
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Bruno Iksil
Bruno Iksil
Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?
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Winnnn.
But srsly people need to get over this JPM shit, it's been half the articles on Dealbook for like a week now.
Richard S. Fuld Jr.
Richard S. Fuld Jr.
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greatest in the last 50
greatest in the last 50 years? without a doubt Warren Buffett. no one has matched his record for about the same amount of time. of course his record has been slowing down with the increasing size of his company. in addition to that, his character is extraordinary. he's the third richest man in the world, yet he lives extremely modest, driving used cars, eating mcdonalds, drinking coke, and lives in a modest house he bought 50 years ago. to top it all, he's donated all of his money to charity. even millionaires lives more outlandish than he does.
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Jimmy Lee?
Jimmy Lee?
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff
Kweku Adoboli > Bruno Iksil
Kweku Adoboli > Bruno Iksil
Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon
Marc Rich, by far the best
Marc Rich, by far the best commodity trader of all times.
The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.
jim simons
jim simons
the rothschilds have
the rothschilds have succeeded in cramming their diseased cocks farthest up mankind's asshole, so i'd go with any one of them.
funkee monkee: greatest in
greatest in the last 50 years? without a doubt Warren Buffett. no one has matched his record for about the same amount of time. of course his record has been slowing down with the increasing size of his company. in addition to that, his character is extraordinary. he's the third richest man in the world, yet he lives extremely modest, driving used cars, eating mcdonalds, drinking coke, and lives in a modest house he bought 50 years ago. to top it all, he's donated all of his money to charity. even millionaires lives more outlandish than he does.
...yet avoiding taxes (charitable organizations/illiquid investments) at all costs despite his "Buffett Rule". Buffett is a billionaire and people do not become billionaires by being altruistic. Modest? Money is made to be spent, what use can you give it by hiding it in a drawer? I'm not saying people show blow their bonuses but healthy cash flow is what'll keep global economies going.
The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.
Banker88: Kweku Adoboli >
Kweku Adoboli > Bruno Iksil
FTW
I don't think that there can
The Four E's of investment
"The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emotions."- Warren Buffet
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Nick Mangold
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madmoney15: Jim
"Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman." -- George Soros
The sharks from Shark Tank.
In all honesty, Bill Gross or
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Soros
souljaboytellem
I wish people were a bit more
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brooksbrotha: Bernie
SynergyWeek: Who, in your
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Gheorge Muresan
I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
If we're counting economists
Work hard, play hard.
bossman: I wish people were a
Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?
Hank Paulson and Alan
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Past 50 years? Andre Meyer
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Funny that no one mentioned
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