So, did Gordon Gekko have clients, or traded for himself ?

In the first movie, we see him a few times in the office with some Japanese dudes, but it is not clear if they are potential business partners or clients.

In the second movie, he specifically says he turned his 100 million into a billion once he opened the office in London.

He never really mentions clients or running any type of fund, therefore the question is, was Gordon Gekko only in business for himself, trading his own fortune by buying and selling (or liquidating) companies ?

I wonder if there are any big wallstreet players under the radar that actually only do that, no clients, no funds, just allocating their own capital.

 

I could have misinterpreted it, but I read somewhere that guys like Boesky (who Gekko was partially based on) in the 80's had their own firms (blue horseshoe) and Milken underwrote bonds for them to add capital instead of relying on investors.

Not 100% on that though.

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I think in the first movie he was playing with his own money, thus why he referred to himself as a player and mentioned fund managers never being able to beat the s&p 500.

Second movie he definitely managed his own money initially, but then we see him taking on money from investors.

Both movies are meant to reflect the players at the time, 80's was people doing deals with their own money, such as corporate raiders. now its mostly hedge fund guys making the big bucks

 

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