GS Banker on Colbert

Who saw this? Haha. Stephen Colbert claimed one of his writers found a Goldman Sachs Partner's credit card on the ground in NYC...he actually held the card up to the camera, revealing the guy's name. The card had GS on it, and somehow denoted the owner was a partner but I forget how. I googled the name, apparently it's a real dude - this is the guy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/fashion/wedding…

Colbert pulled a Bill Maher/Christine O'Donnell and said he would reveal one # of his credit card every day until the dude agrees to appear on the show, and the first number is a 5, but I'm sure that won't continue. Surely the card is cancelled anyways. But still hilarious.

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Too bad GS controls the media...this guy probably embarrassed the firm in someway and this is his penance

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He's 38 and was made partner in 2006. So partner at 34. In that time he also managed a master's from LSE and a JD from Hahvahd. And his wife's hot.

F*@&

Think I'm going to go study some more now.

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MSFhopefulHe's 38 and was made partner in 2006. So partner at 34. In that time he also managed a master's from LSE and a JD from Hahvahd. And his wife's hot.

F*@&

Think I'm going to go study some more now.

Oops. Misread. She was 31 when they married, he was 38. Thanks for pointing out the error.

 
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brooksbrothaObviously it's because he has money. They'll get divorced in a few years and she'll take half. Why do you think she kept her name?

I wouldn't put up with that kinda shit i.e. wife keeping her last name, no matter how hot the chick was. That's gotta be emasculating.

she can cook though!

 

And also the practice of women adopting husband surname after marriage is incredibly antiquated and a throwback to the dark ages of feudalism when women were considered properties of first their fathers then their husbands. There is no reason why any modern woman would subjugate themselves to this humiliation.

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Any recent updates on that guy Buckley Ratchford? He left GS in 2011 after the firm suffered losses in the bank loans trading and special sits business he oversaw, not sure if the two events were related. He then went on start a HFcalled Wingspan Capital with seed money from Reservoir Capital in 2012. That was the last I heard about him. Cant seem to find any info on that HF now. Wonder if it is still in business.

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Thanks. I am a bit surprised at the small AUM of his HF, given his GS track record (notwithstanding the losses at the end) and having a blue chip seeder like Reservoir. $345m for 5 different strategies can spread quite thin. Their returns so far have been rather modest and I bet the U.S distressed bank loan strategy isn't seeing too many good opportunities in this yield environment.

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