Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
It seems that every time I write about HBS, the more I get attacked. The WSJ did a piece on Harvard’s Yacht parties last weekend: The Ultimate M.B.A. Networking Event? A Yacht Party in Croatia. (they don’t get attacked, since journalism on that scale can’t be silenced). The folks who …
July 20th issue of the WSJ had an interesting article, Clubs Grow as Social Hub for Workers on the mushrooming of private social clubs in New York and other cities. “Most charge $5,000 or less in annual dues, plus a smaller sign-up fee though those at the top end can …
There is no secret I am a thorn in the hinds of the elites. They have been exposed on this websites every chance that I’ve had. I came at no surprise to me these same elites were happy and giddy about the untimely demise of one of theirs: Tony Hsieh, …
Bloomberg discusses a wealthy hedge fund manager’s pay, Jimmy Levin’s , 38, now CEO of Sculptor Capital Management in a Feb. 8, 2022 article “Set at 1.1%-1.5% in 2018, that figure was bumped to about 1.8% after Levin was promoted to CEO in April 2021. Eight months after he took …
It was in January eight years ago this blog started as a private aviation pictures collection. 8 years later we are the best men’s lifestyle and finance community source of information. In remembrance of our roots, I’ve enclosed a link to Corporate Investor’s Official Guide to Aircraft Registration 2022. But …
I have quoted Alan Watts before. When you have some spare time, I invite you to listen to this talk “If you are going to be an expert archer, You must shoot before you think. Otherwise I’ll be too late.” Alan Watts Meanwhile, in investment banking… Steve McLaughlin of Financial …
““I want the fucking money,” he told students at Stanford’s business school, in 2017. “I will play the goddam game, and I will win.” -Chamath Palihapitiya SPACS Lord Chamath is portrayed in the first June issue of The New Yorker. Of hedge-fund managers: “Let them get wiped out. Who cares? …
Brad Felt and Dave Jilk of VC fame co-authored a new book, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors, with 52 chapters headlined with a Nietzsche quote. “Nietzsche is an incredibly important and deeply misunderstood philosopher. He’s the bridge between many things that came before him — beyond just …
This is not a follow up on the Power or Power Book 2 Shows. Instead, we articulate on what true power is: “Because the person of power sees things exactly as they are, he is able to pick salients unerringly. His perceptive mind’s retina reflects the situations as clearly as… …
I watched two episodes S1 and S2 of the TV show Power co-produced by 50 Cent. It’s an Ok show, but still with rubbish and female aggrandizement. I expected better from 50 Cent. Still, it is the best entertainment that you can get nowadays. The Show ran for 6 seasons, …
