Your Own Show
Daniel Och did it after leaving his job as Global Co-Head of U.S. Equities at Goldman Sachs, and so did a lot of other people (all with different ways. Julian Robertson took a year sabbatical after a 25 year stint at Kidder Peabody to write a book and then start a 20 year climb to asset management greatness).
What does it take to start your own firm? How do you get to it? Do you think that there is a minimum number of years of experience?
Location is critical, ofcourse. But given the rise of financial centers outside of the Western world, where do you see the future of asset management (geographically)? Split between NYC, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong?
Plus, would you prefer running your own asset management firm or working for one?






You should read "The Alpha
You should read "The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds" by Maneet Ahuja (http://amzn.to/W2EBjV).
It's pretty new (May 2012) and each chapter is a detailed interview with the major hedge fund guys who talk about their careers, bio, sweet-talk how they got to where they are, their current investment strategy, etc. The main guys are: Ray Dalio, John Paulson, David Tepper, Bill Ackman, Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner, Dan Loeb, Jim Chanos, Boaz Weinstein, Pierre LaGrange and Tim Wong.
Should be some free copies at NYPL or just download off piratebay. This may work, but at work and can't test - http://ebooksfreedownload.org/2012/06/the-alpha-ma...