So Much $ in so Little Time- Kardashian vs Wall Street

Besides MF global, I know everyone is still freaking out about the real gossip that hit the streets last week. That’s right, in striking similarity to Jon Corzine, Kim Kardashian has also officially put her latest asset, ex-husband Kris Humphries, into bankruptcy. Well not exactly, but close.

Kardashian is expected to keep a $2 million engagement ring, about $10 million from her televised wedding, and maybe even a little more on top from a pre-nupped divorce settlement. All for 72 days of hard work (yeah, right). That kind of ca-ching for doing so little deserves a very, very slow golf clap.

Though, as I told my girlfriend, and as always, Wall Street has got Kim beat:…

Take for example Alan Fishman, who stepped in to wear Washington Mutual’s CEO shoes in 2008 when he received a signing bonus of $7.5 million. After a solid 17 days of work, JP Morgan acquired all of WaMu’s assets and Fishman was let go. That initial bonus works out to about $440,000 per day.

We all should also know about Hank Paulson’s stock sale of Goldman Sach’s before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 2006. Through a little incentive to prevent private-public collusion, Paulson walked away with an extra $50 million in income that would have been taxed away in any other situation. With that kind of money play, Paulson puts both Kardashian and Fishman to shame.

Another notable is Bradley Jack of Lehman Brothers, who left Lehman in 2005 after working for two years as co-COO. His severance amounted to a whopping $80 million dollar package.

All in all, when you think you’re making the quick bucks on Main Street, just remember that it's only chump change to the fat cats in the City. On a final note, the Bloomberg submission of the day phrases this situation brilliantly: “If Robert Kardashian hadn't gotten OJ off, eventually one of his daughters would have.”

 
Nobama88:
She fucked a big black guy. That is literally ALL she did.

LMFAO!!!! So right.

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mfriedman:
Wall Street has got Kim beat
Really?? Explain to me how. This chick was born into money, made more money screwing some guy, and them made even MORE money doing literally nothing special.....all by the age of 30. SHE GOT PAID MILLIONS TO SIMPLY GET MARRIED. She's single, gorgeous, famous, and rich. On top of that, she's too stupid to ever realize she contributes NOTHING of value to society, and will likely continue on her current trajectory indefinitely.

Paulson and Fishman busted their humps for the better part of their life to make a fraction of what Kim will altimately walk away with by the end of her 'career'.

Looking at it this way, you tell me who the fuck won. I'd trade lives in a hearbeat.

Get busy living
 

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