Motivation: Billionaire’s 394ft Yacht

“Does money motivate you?” is sometimes a question young monkeys face in banking interviews. On one hand, yes, of course it does. On another extreme, an unhappy millionaire is almost as common as a schizophrenic hobo. Though, perhaps billionaire Andrey Melnichenko can offer some advice.

To the common folk, Melnichenko appears to be just a regular Russian blessed by the fortunes of graft that contribute to most of Russia’s top .01%. The squinty-eyed, partly balding fellow made most of his money through a fertilizer monopoly. In 1999, he realized that finance also makes decent money and co-founded MDM Bank, which became one of Russia’s largest privately owned banks within ten years. Eventually, his oodles of money roped in Yugoslavian model Aleksandra.

Today, Melnchenko enjoys nothing more than knowing that he has a much more awesome mega yacht than rival Ruski billionaire, Roman Abramovich. I will not delve into too many details about Melnchenko’s 394ft yacht, dubbed “A,” but I will say that it has everything exquisite that you have never heard of. Take for instance the stingray hide furniture, $40,000 shower knobs, hand-stitched calf hide trim, or, my personal favorite, a rotating bed that offers a 360-degree view of any sunset.

So while money might not completely motivate you, “A” is the perfect excuse to grind out extra hard during your analyst years, just so, one day, you too may cruise the British Virgin Islands with your supermodel wife.

 
Best Response
M Friedman:
“A” is the perfect excuse to grind out extra hard during your analyst years, just so, one day, you too may cruise the British Virgin Islands with your supermodel wife.
yes yes.... work harder young analysts... keep churning out those useless pitchbooks for $20/hr and maybe one day you can get yourself a chris craft on lake hopatcong
 
bortz911:
M Friedman:
“A” is the perfect excuse to grind out extra hard during your analyst years, just so, one day, you too may cruise the British Virgin Islands with your supermodel wife.
yes yes.... work harder young analysts... keep churning out those useless pitchbooks for $20/hr and maybe one day you can get yourself a chris craft on lake hopatcong

lol Lake Hopatcong

 
AndyLouis:
M Friedman:
“Does money motivate you?”

What do you think is the best way to answer this question in an interview?

"Yes, absolutely, the reward is a motivator and I think pretending otherwise is dishonest. However, other aspects of this job are its main appeal, blah blah blah..."

 

$40,000 shower knobs? I nominate him for Secretary of Defense! If he can get shower knobs so cheap, I only wonder what he can do for the F-35!

  • AIG Military Industrial Complex Quant
"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is." - Oscar Wilde "Seriously, psychology is for those with two x chromosomes." - RagnarDanneskjold
 
kelleykid:
Waitll IP sees this

He would rather tool around Lake Michigan in his 10 foot Jon boat with his rusty Honda outboard, lol.

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

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