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These are all pretty incredible stories in their own right, and there's even a couple of analysts on the list. Just goes to show you what's possible. Getting the former CEO of Pfizer thrown off his own board at 29? Baller. Now for the real question: How many of these cats have an account on WSO?
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a friend of mine was MD at Deutsche Bank at the age of 27-28
This list was already impressive... and then you get to the 21 year old towards the bottom. That is unbelievable. And I'd be willing to set the over/under at 5 for how many of them have accounts on WSO.
"These are all pretty incredible stories in their own right, and there's even a couple of analysts on the list.''
Yes, imagine the odds to make it to this list when you are the son of a HF manager worth 1 billion.
So much to overcome.
some pretty crazy stories mixed in with some serious silver spoons. i'd like to know more about some of their back stories, some of the firms are just so baller at such young ages i wonder if family connections were involved, not hating just curious.
Haha, I've known people on there in prior years. The list selection seems pretty arbitrary. Sure people on there are accomplished, but theres tons and tons of people out there that have impressive profiles. Also I like how they try to make sure to make the list is diverse (genders, areas of finance, geographies, etc).
Haha, chances are pretty high. I kind of have a hunch that Mr. Boofay isn't turning to her for value investing advice.
Matthew Peltz, a true self-made man ...
hahahaha, I didn't read his profile carefully in my first run through, that is hilarious. What a joke.
HAHAHA! Listen to you fuckin' haters.
I love it.
This Tanger kid is related to the Tanger family that runs all the Tanger Outlets across the nation. So...yeah. A true self made man I see.
No. Not talking about anyone in particular. It's just funny how things like this bring out the hater in all of us. Believe me, my first time through the list I was going, "Give me a fuckin' break..." to some of them.
And I've seen where the Tanger kid's dough came from. There's a Tanger outlet in Foley, Al and it looks like a strip mall raped a food court. Total fuckin' eyesore that attracts the shallow end of the gene pool. But hey, the kid is rich, right?
Looks like everyone is Ivy league
Goddamn 19 year old double major graduate.
All Tanger Outlets look like that. Complete eyesores that do attract hordes of people all year round with the guise of getting a good deal.
I know the Tanger guy and, although he clearly raised that money from his family's wealth, he is really, really smart.
I guess I can't post links because this account is too new, but Google "schuster tanger" and click on the link from Third Point's investor letter:
"Schuster Tanger joined us in early November as an Analyst. Prior to joining Third Point, he was an Analyst in the Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 2008."
I don't think it's too hard to get a 3.6 in basket weaving, even in New Joisey.
Do you any source for his major? can't find it on google
I did some digging, and it looks like he was basically a systems engineering major. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not reeaxmining my whole worldview or anything. Systems engineering is definitely easier than the other engineerings, and there is more than one way to receive an A grade.
Some awesome stories -- big ups to the founder of MarketInvoice. He and his team saw a market failure (the inability of European banks to provide liquidity to companies who needed it), and corrected it (via a new way to get liquidity).
I know some of these guys are silver spoon types, but hey, most of the rich kids I've known in my life turned out to be bums. At least these guys are capitalizing on their good fortune.
Not much in the way of M&A stars. What's up with that? Everyone knows M&A has the best exit opps, right? Anyway, this made me laugh:
"Completed more than 75 leveraged financing deals over the last year with over $45 billion in volume. Transactions include David's Bridal, Constellation Brands and Kinetic Concepts."
75 deals in a year? Him personally? Oh. Ok.
They are too busy working hard
I'm currently reading an oil and gas report by Daniel Ahn, #2. Knew I recognized that face somewhere....
Favorite part is the camp up here ^^ pretending like they wouldnt take a dick or three to have just a fiber of these folks' success. Hi haters!
These lists are fun...the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 is one of the main reasons WSO exists today...
Read that list back in 2005 and thought - wow, none of these ideas are that great, what could i build?
Your way of thinking is the stuff of legends, sir
Daniel Ahn's experience sounds impressive.
75 deals in a year???
Hmmm... either that guy is a beast with amazing multitasking skills (and an equally amazing Analyst/Associate team sitting beneath him) or he is counting A-E, Refis and any tangential "deals" amongst his number.
Anyway, I'm still jealous!!!
Lucy Baldwin is probably the most impressive on that list. Under 30 and heading multiple groups?
a VC buddy of mine is on the list, not in finance but in the industry group that he covers. kinda cool that my most successful peer went to the same non-target university as me.
Big props to Sheel Tyle! No doubt expectations were high, especially for this protege and he certainly delivered to make it on this list! Guessing his IQ is prob around the 170-180 range.
Damn, my hair looks good.
Thomas Digan Patrick's twin brother?
Ryan Fusaro's story is awesome.
Ryan is now a confirmed panelist for the WSO Conference.
Fantastic.
IMHO, if you got your seed money from your parents, I'm not impressed.
i dunno. there are a lot of kids with money who blow it on cars, coke, and hookers.
Ingvar Kamprad used money his parents gave him for graduating high school to found IKEA, now generating $12B+ in annual sales. I have a hunch he, along with his other billionaire entrepreneur friends, don't much care about impressing you
My friend actually gave John Locke a call, who just kept muttering something about the eye of the island being so beautiful.
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Born in the club house with the game already over, goggles already on, popping bottles
Am i missing something? $1.3bn AUM and annual revenues of $9m? eh? KPMG even issued a statement to this effect). I have this from the lips of many very high up partners in PwC (I'm related to a few of them) and coincidentally attend any gatherings they have. It's also a) cheaper than a lawsuit, and b) if it hits the news, they have a decoy.
The Goldman effect can be translated 2 ways, either its still the moneyprinting service it used to be, or the author has a few contacts there and **** all else. The non profit guy is on the wrong list, I can't help feeling his current situation is a side track from the work he's done. Anyone that's received parental support to get there, shouldn't be on the list either. Propagating and rewarding nepotism is the last thing your economy needs. I wouldnt refuse the job if dad gave me it, but I also wouldnt expect to be there either. I don't believe in making life hard for yourself, but i'm not impressing anyone.
Finally, comfort for the haters, google 10 years ago, 30 under 30, and play "where are they now." Find comfort in your own skin and your own goals. I have my list and making solid progress on it, happy with that. Also, this list is heavily filtered by the regulated/reported industries. Lots of people dont report as they arent regulated and slip under the radar, happy as can be.
Sheel's brother Sujay is a lot more impressive. He also made it to the Forbes list under tech, I think. Both of them came from fairly well off backgrounds.
Stotz is really well connected and has been able to leverage that to his advantage.
Wow I was just looking in some of the other Top 30 Under 30s and more than one was in my graduating class. Fuck me! Just wow. At least I have 1200+ banana points.
^ They probably declined to be included due to their humility.
"i'm just an average guy with exceptional hair. nothing more nothing less"
Where's the UNC - Charlotte ballers who started that HF?
Lumina Investments! What, What!
And it was UNC-W... even worse.
fuck this is a big time wake up call!
I'm probably more impressed with some of the "kids" on the energy list - built a nuclear fusion reactor at age 14? Jesus...
My goodness, reading some of the comments in this thread... You'd think there was only a finite amount of success to be had in this world... Green is not a good color on anybody, monkeys. Don't begrudge anyone their success. If you find yourself coming up with excuses for why they're more successful than you, stop yourself -- then think up ways to become that successful yourself (if Forbes 'success', loosely defined, is what's actually important to you, of course).
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