Meet Owen West, a 6'4" hulking 3rd generation Marine and 3-time author. He has an impeccable background and works as a managing director at Goldman Sachs, after educating himself at Harvard and Stanford Business School. Not only does he have a day job, a job as an author, a family, but he also has time to volunteer for a charity helping military families. In this short but awesome profile piece he speaks on failure, his life in the marines, and the now famous (or infamous?) Greg Smith.
Mr. West explained: "I've failed so often." "I have a very low stress level," he continued, double-fisting venti lattes. "Because at some point I became comfortable with failure. I've failed so many times that I've come to believe if I'm not failing regularly, I'm either not trying, or I'm not reaching high enough."
Is there anyone more badass working on Wall Street? I doubt it.
The GS PR-mill in full swing...and he's selling a book.
Failure he says? GS MD, Harvard, Stanford, three books, $$$ ...?! You're kidding me right?
stop dick-riding
the question every one wants to know
OP did you swallow?
This gentleman is a natural gas trader at GS. That market has been exceptionally deceptive and volatile lately. Wait til they get to the wrong side of a trade and lose a few billion $ and he too will be writing Op-Ed for the NY Times. I am sure his experience writing 3 books will come in handy then.
I do applaud him servicing the country in the marine thou.
So he was in the military and works at a bank...
thats super hard to find /s
A little off subject but I can't tell if this girl in my office is fat or pregnant
^this is possibly the most awesome life trick I've ever heard!
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For any of the military guys on here who like to read about the war in Iraq....."Snake Eaters" is actually a pretty good book. He is the son of Bing West who authored "No True Glory."
I actually just ordered that on Amazon yesterday. I can't wait to check it out.
He's impressive. I hope to be like him in 10 years time :D
Wait he's a trader? Why does the title say banker?
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