Who am I? - Former head of Morgan Stanley Global Proprietary Group

Trivia:

I played football at Monclair State College.

I was the former head of Morgan Stanley's Global Proprietary Credit Group.

I lost $10 Billion on the single biggest trade loss in the history of Wall Street.

Who am I? (No googling)

48 Comments
 

Bruce Wayne?

-------------------------------------------------------- "I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcom
 

Howard Hubler

I hired cryptography PHd's to help me find "signals" in the market

I run a multi billion dollar hedge fund

I'm a fucking math genius

 

Jim Simmons (easy) I was part of the M&T program (Wharton + Engineering) at Penn. I went studied under Fama at Chicago. I ran the global alpha fund at Goldman before going out on my own. I am a fucking math genius. I run a multi-billion dollar hedge fund.

(hard)

I like eating fruit a lot. I love love the stuff you need to move and travel. I look like a baby, but I am really a baller.

 
pinkbankerJim Simmons (easy) I was part of the M&T program (Wharton + Engineering) at Penn. I went studied under Fama at Chicago. I ran the global alpha fund at Goldman before going out on my own. I am a fucking math genius. I run a multi-billion dollar hedge fund.

(hard)

I like eating fruit a lot. I love love the stuff you need to move and travel. I look like a baby, but I am really a baller.

Asness

Warren Buffet

I worked at goldman (i banking)

i worked at Citi

I went to Williams

Im a TV broadcaster

Who the hell am I?

 

I think the answer to the "easy" one above is Cliff Asness, but I could be wrong. Seems to fit though, I know he used to be a part of Global Alpha.

I used to trade energy at Enron. That shit collapsed so I bailed to start my own gig with some buddies. Now I ball outrageous in Houston with one of the biggest hedge funds in Texas. My alma is Vandy.

 

The hard answer is not buffett, the guy I am talking about is a trader. He is famous for eating fruit, he brags about it all the time. (Startop, I think we are thinking about the same guy). Asness is right though for the easy one.

 

Provided the above answer is correct.

I am a hedge fund manager who taught at Harvard and Penn before learning to trade from another legendary trader. I have been described as the right-wing George Soros.....in more ways than one.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

@jjc....Bruce Kovner is correct!

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
SirBakealotI go to UT Austin

I run 5k Marathon

I am a quadruple major

I attended NYU, HBS and U of Edinburgh

I turned down an FT offer from Bank of Ameria to join Piper Jaffray

I am a baller

Who am I?

Chiang and John Paulson. (Has anyone else noticed that many of these top guys seem to be called John ?)

 

Jeff Chiang....Whatever happen to him?

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

Here's another one.

"If someone offered me $200 million to stay with my firm I would not take it....I simply wanted more."

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

Yeah, I know it was easy. I just wanted to do the play on words with "more and "Moore".

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

Another one.

I was fired from my Cotton Exchange trading job in New Orleans because I fell asleep. My fund defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. I drink Bud at 4:30 in the morning and I was the "Wild as shit Arab"--last sentence is some inside information.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

I was a true king of the street; information was my tool and my greatest weapon. My closest rival and I had had no equals. Guiliani may have forced my fall from grace, but thank God my firm was safe.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
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Gekko21I was a true king of the street; information was my tool and my greatest weapon. My closest rival and I had had no equals. Guiliani may have forced my fall from grace, but thank God my firm was safe.
milken?

That is really close....another hint.......The desk I ran is still around today and has become a HF manager breeding ground.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

"I'm a huge GS history buff"

Good God.

Wall Street leaders now understand that they made a mistake, one born of their innocent and trusting nature. They trusted ordinary Americans to behave more responsibly than they themselves ever would, and these ordinary Americans betrayed their trust.
 

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