Nov 11, 2009, 10:34am
Nov 10, 2009, 8:45am
Because we're of the belief that financial journalism can never have enough pretty girls, we're happy to bring you this video of an ambitious young girl called Brenna Hartwidth. She describes herself as a "financial service professional" and apparently wants to be the next Maria Bartiromo.
Video after the jump.
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Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:27AM
Way too stuffy.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:30AM
I didn't catch it the first time around...
DePaul isn't going to cut it on Wall Street, sweetheart.
Posted by GinNTonic , Jun 11, 2008 9:40AM
What is DePaul? And WTF is with the 3/4 angle she is talking with? Not as charismatic as she says she is, and the name "Brenna Hardwith" just doesn't cut it. You need something like Gasparino, or Becky Quick, to make me watch.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:47AM
Oh please DePaul will totally cut it on the street. Everyone act's like they are ivy league class, when the reality is that streeties are just over educated gasparino's.
hell, before buffet went to columbia he got his undergrad degree @ the university of nebraska.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:48AM
She has charisma? It's amazing how one's perception of oneself is entirely incongruent with reality. And, what's with looking at the camera at a side angle?? It renders whatever she's saying to seem lack cogency. Keep looking at yourself in the mirror Brenna, cause NY will be a lonely, lonely place for you.
Posted by hawk99 , Jun 11, 2008 9:49AM
I love how she threw in the "xie xie" to show she knows some Mandarin
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:52AM
I'd stick my pork roll into her mushi mushi
Posted by bank_teller , Jun 11, 2008 9:55AM
hard width
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 9:55AM
I'd hit it too
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:08AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/missbrenna1
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:22AM
Haha. We once didn't hire a candidate because she said in her interview she was interested in taking some classes at DePaul.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:24AM
Erin whats-her-face, whom thought was made cute (and healthy looking, as the camera added a few pounds to her gaunt frame) was a real disappointment.
but I don't watch tv anyway...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:26AM
@9:47 as I am fond of saying, Wall Street was built by high-school dropouts, and destroyed by Ivy-League MBA's their MIT sycophants.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:27AM
She's taking that angle because she doesn't want you to see the half-absorbed fetal twin sticking out of the other side of her face that gives her all the answers to those pesky credit spread questions on her midterms.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:28AM
DePaul is a good school. Anyone that snobby about undergrad (!) is really out of touch, and probably peaked at 18.
The top 1% from just about anywhere, including those that don't go to undergrad at all, have potential on the Street. Maybe it dings you a little in the service professions (I know everyone is obsessed with investment banking for some reason, and I know there are too many lawyers), but in terms of actually allocating capital give me the best from DePaul over your average entitled early-blooming Ivy Leaguer any day.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:34AM
@10:28 you go, guest.
and let's not forget, it wasn't PsD's that sunk Bear. PhD's, maybe...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:35AM
Notice the CFA books in the back.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:36AM
Um Depaul=Chicago where the real action is. You guys are yesterday.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:37AM
lol if you make the right connection it doesn't matter where you go to college.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:40AM
DePaul is at least as good as Ball State and Old Dominion, also top notch academic programs. GO BLUE DEMONS!!!!!!!
Posted by GinNTonic , Jun 11, 2008 10:41AM
That youtube page is ridiculous.
City: Planet Earth
Occupation: Financial warrior/slayer
Music: ROCK!!!
And the background is covered with Benjamins
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:42AM
there is also a devry in chicago. where the real action is.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:43AM
Well, she showed us her marketing talent.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:45AM
Until someone from DeVry causes a write down of $8 billion, don't knock DeVry. ITT Tech is OK, just not DeVry.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:49AM
Looked at a Merc seat recently? Bunch of Depaul grads there. About to buy NMX.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:49AM
Hahaha nice. But it is telling that such people don;t even make it to positions where they have the potential to lose that much.
Occasionally a lost power sander but mostly just screwdrivers and hammers.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:50AM
what the fuck is this shit?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:52AM
Fuck her; she's a gook. Looks and sounds like any squeaky-voiced character on one of those action-packed, blood-and-guts annimated Jap series on TV(SciFi Channel) late at night.
WTF does that dipshit know other than that she wants to be a star? And db gave her some exposure. How cute.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:54AM
she reminds me of trisha takinawa
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 11, 2008 10:55AM
As if Alexsey Vayner wasn't warning enough, the only sure-fire way to avoid getting a job on wall street is to make a video "proving" how much you deserve one.
Fukin n00bz
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 10:57AM
i bet this was a team project at the b-school - create your own page with $$ bills background and make a video to post on youtube.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:02AM
Me thinks that Blarney is trying to get this youngin' on lockdown before Friday. You know, to make the weekend go by a bit faster.
What a dirty old man.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:02AM
a) she looks like a cross between Scully-era Gillian Andersen and Angelina Jolie, if you scrubbed all the hotness off of them.
b) if she wants to be the next Maria Bartiromo, she better put down the CFA materials and start preparing for the Oral Exam.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:05AM
her entire demeanor was way too stiff. her head looked like it was in a neck brace.
potential though.
-chad
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:06AM
Captain Kirk called me a "gook" only one time. After I finished with him, Bones said it took a month before Jim could produce a regular "Captain's Log" without any blood.
Hikaru Sulu, Starship Enterprise
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:07AM
@10:49 you nailed it. GLOBEX IS the market. NY just woke up.
Sad.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:09AM
"We once didn't hire a candidate because she said in her interview she was interested in taking some classes at DePaul."
... and the fact that you wear "fucking clown shoes" (hat tip to Holden McNeil).
Posted by big r , Jun 11, 2008 11:13AM
@ 11:02
"b) if she wants to be the next Maria Bartiromo, she better put down the CFA materials and start preparing for the Oral Exam."
nice.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:14AM
@11:02 zzzziiiiiiinggggg!!!!!!!!!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:18AM
@11:09 it was a top hedge fund in chicago. i'll bet you can guess which one.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:25AM
Is that the one that's long a bunch of E-Trade??
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:26AM
A trillion dollars in write downs from grads of top business schools with "good connections". It boggles the mind.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:30AM
Yep, and at the end of the day, the same guys will still be in charge. Sorry Sooners your day has not yet come.
Posted by Joseph di Jersey City , Jun 11, 2008 11:31AM
"capital markets and Chinese are my passion" - wonderful! If it's Chinese dudes that are her passion she can probably corner the market and maybe avoid the whole noxious getting a job thing.
I once had an applicant tell me that "real estate is my passion". In a heroic effort I did not laugh in her face; much less tell her that since screwing bitchy JAP chicks is my passion we are a good match.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Jun 11, 2008 11:37AM
Not a fan of either candidate...however, the hysterics and white fear of you fucking retards is becoming hard to stomach. Bill Ayers will not gather the weathermen for another shot at the "Revolución." Whites will not be thrown into sweatshops, forced to work slave wages for "retribution." Rev. Wright will not be sitting on the judiciary committee, observing policy.
This is why our government doesn't trust citizens to decide on leadership. The electoral college, at least, has the decency to take a somewhat "objective" look at what each candidate is bringing to the table (albeit, while lining their pockets). Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer, not a fucking oracle.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Jun 11, 2008 11:38AM
I'm officially the retard.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:42AM
@11.18...you're telling me Kenny Griffin looks down on people who weren't doing convertible bond arbitrage in their dorm rooms?
Posted by gatekeeper , Jun 11, 2008 11:48AM
I went to DePaul, and I work at a hedge fund. I thought this industry only cared about one thing... what was that one thing again? If I remember correctly, Nelson Peltz didn't graduate from college. Sandy Weill almost didn't either.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:54AM
DePaul has the largest Computer Science department in the world. Thats right, the WORLD. If it wasnt for us, none of you could do your jobs. We control the entire infrastructure, the algos, routing and knowledge you need to do your job. I worked with the Ivy Leaguers you all speak of...they spend their lives kissing the asses of those of us who worked our way to the top and still have jobs because we know how to get things done instead of having them done for us. Ivy League BITCHES!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 11:57AM
how many big PE guys are from depaul
Posted by Investorcluzo , Jun 11, 2008 11:58AM
a) where is thadius? I thought he was the official talent scout.
b) notice she did not go with the erin callan provocative camera angle (is she listening to girl/blndebnker or does she have something to hide?)
discuss...
Posted by To The Hilt , Jun 11, 2008 12:00PM
@11:54,
I need a new mouse pad, could you bring me one please?
I kid.
Lowly Assistant, wtf?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:00PM
who gives a flying fuck about DePaul.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:05PM
the job market is this bad? girls whoring themself on youtube? shameless self promotion? sad day.
Posted by lowellfield , Jun 11, 2008 12:08PM
A) $200k puts you in the top 5%. If being in the top 5% in the richest country in the world isn't rich by your definition, then your definition is stupid.
B) The capital gains tax is going up anyway, according to the law that was passed by Republicans. Obama would have it go up more and sooner, but it's not as though this 15% nonsense is here to stay in any event.
C) Bartiromo is known to be a right wing flack, as is customary for CNBC personalities. I also don't think my opinion of her as a moron is motivated by sexism.
Posted by gatekeeper , Jun 11, 2008 12:08PM
I know a partner at GTCR (Big PE Firm) Who went to UIC, which is even shittier than DePaul. Then he went to HBS and worked for McKinsey. I'm not sure about the douche who works in IT, but every school has morons and geniuses. I have a friend who graduated from harvard and now tends a bar. Anyway, Tap or Pass? I go with Tap.
Posted by lowellfield , Jun 11, 2008 12:09PM
Oops. Put that comment in the wrong Bartiromo post. She's getting a lot of coverage today.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:14PM
Warren Buffett's undergraduate school is the University of Nebraska. Ace Greenberg graduated from the University of Missouri. Steve Jobs dropped out after one semester at Reed College. Dick Grasso dropped out after two years at Pace University. Jamie Dimon's undergraduate school is Tufts.
If you went undergraduate to an Ivy League school, good for you! But don't knock those that didn't. And you'd be foolish to make assumptions about intelligence and drive based on undergraduate school.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:15PM
Jeff Skilling worked for McKinsey.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:15PM
@12:09--attention to detail. You're next.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:22PM
yahh boyeee...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:25PM
Read it and weep... DePaul is #6 in part time MBA programs. And for those of you who don't "approve" of part time programs and took a full time program then either A) you have way too much time on your hands or B) daddy paid for it
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/mba/pr_mbaprg
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:26PM
http://www.depaul.edu/student_life/student_profiles/hardmanb.asp
Her student spotlight at DePaul...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:30PM
LOL, part time, ranked one spot above southern methodist eh?
Posted by big r , Jun 11, 2008 12:31PM
her left eye is higher than her right eye. which might explain the 3/4 approach in her video.
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 11, 2008 12:34PM
@ 12:26
Thats fantastic, but nowhere in her profile does she mention that she likes to "get wasted", "smoke (anything", or do anything even remotely social. This girl is fantastically pathological, is what I'm saying.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:34PM
@12:14 Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Not saying youshouldn't hire the one random exceptional genius you ecounter who just also happens to be a DePaul grad, but really? You will just assume an average Reed College dropout is going to be as succesful as an HBS grad?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:37PM
@12:26... You've opened the gates...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:39PM
To be fair, now that you guys have kicked it around a bit, the whole story is we didn't hire her because we didnt want someone wasting time taking classes anyway instead of crunching numbers in the office, but it certainly was there, she could have said Chicago instead of DePaul.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:40PM
She is a Sexaul Harassment suit waiting to happen...HR's worst nightmare, an uppidy woman!
Posted by gatekeeper , Jun 11, 2008 12:41PM
@12:34
No, I'm assuming you should take academic achievements for what they're worth, but not bet the farm on them. If someone has a 4.0 out of a good school, that's a good thing. But that doesn't mean all that much in the end. Nor is it true that not having a good GPA out of a good school means you're dumb and not ambitious enough for success.
And a lot of HBS grads don't come from great undergrad programs.
Posted by gatekeeper , Jun 11, 2008 12:41PM
I'm not 12:14, but I'd assume you should take academic achievements for what they're worth, but not bet the farm on them. If someone has a 4.0 out of a good school, that's a good thing. But that doesn't mean all that much in the end. Nor is it true that not having a good GPA out of a good school means you're dumb and not ambitious enough for success.
And a lot of HBS grads don't come from great undergrad programs.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:45PM
she's doable. a little stiff, but nothing a roll in the hay with me couldn't fix.
Then again, she has a passion for Chinese guys, so it probably won't take much.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 12:51PM
I kn ow a shit-for-brains energy trader who brags about his MBA from SMU. He spits snuff into a cup on his desk. Some of you probably know him.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:05PM
Go Blue!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:13PM
She looks a lot like that porn star, Sasha Grey.
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/04/sasha_grey.jpg
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:15PM
you think so? i don't see it.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:34PM
@12:15 You don't spit snuff, so i think that must be chewing tobacco. And its a stimulant, he problem is just trying to stay on the ball... maybe suggest to him that he should start taking the A-Train in to work instead.
@ whoever made the comment about buffet... he went to wharton and then transfered back to nebraska, i don't know if he had a break down or just got sick of St. A's douchebags, but he'd already been ivy leauge vetted, then he went columbia....
@everyone George W. Bush went to Yale and HBS.... 'nough said.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:49PM
for some reason i find myself hating her. also funny how she only reads Ayn Rand books.
- cincinnatus c
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 1:56PM
i might be showing my religion here, but part of why depaul sux is that it's so f*cking expensive. compare it to say miami of ohio, which everyone knows is a good value. i took my gmat in chicago and wanted to go to UC or NU, but wouldn't even consider DePaul. that's the problem w/grad schools in chicago...after UC/NU, the drop in quality, esp per $ spent, is HUGE.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:09PM
Her Chinese sucks, Beijing accent - she said "I'm able to speak a little bit of Chinese" and then threw in a "thanks" at the end - nice work, my dog can do better
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:16PM
hail to the victors!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:28PM
sasha grey should become a finance slayer. that i would watch. easy transition, and she would definitely pass the maria oral test with flying colors.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:33PM
She then moved to Los Angeles and started her career in 2006 just after turning 18. Her first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi and others for the movie The Fashionistas 2 by John Stagliano. During this scene, she shocked her fellow performer by requesting that he punch her in the stomach, which he declined.
wow.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:53PM
she's a cross between lara flynn boyle and monica lewinsky = forgettable. moving on...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 2:55PM
Too long, didn't read.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 4:03PM
@12:25
Always check your sources. Click through the links and you can see that the page diplsayed isnt "accurate"- rankings for 'part-time' MBA programs are different once you click on the indiv. school. Also note that the average starting salary for grads from Depaul and contrast with other similarily (and errenously) ranked schools
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 4:06PM
@ 4:03 errenously ranked... really? Did you learn that at DouchePaul ?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 4:14PM
wtf is DePaul?
Posted by JimBob , Jun 11, 2008 4:41PM
I went to a community college in KY, then on to UK, where I barely graduated with a marketing degree. After that I moved to NYC, applied for a broker job @ Morgan Stanley and was hired. I bullshitted people all day long and opened a ton of accounts, dumped them into Mary Meeker picks, and blew the clients to smithereens, sometimes making 150K a month. I lived @ Trump Palace, had a home in the East Hampton, drove an Aston Martin and lived like a king. Anything is possible on Wall Street if you can tell a lie. Anything!!! It's your ability to fudge the facts, not your knowledge of them.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 4:45PM
@4:08
Yea, i dont spell check- i leave that up to the analysts.
good job
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 11, 2008 4:46PM
@ JimBob
Mary Meeker, lol!
Posted by JimBob , Jun 11, 2008 4:58PM
My greatest regret is that I did not get the opportunity to work at Bear before they imploded. I could have made Cayne proud of me, but unfortunately they told me I had compliance issues that would prevent them from hiring me!!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 5:01PM
When I have free time, I like to... Well, time isn’t free, but when I have “extra” time, I like to study Chinese, learn something new, read books and newspapers, travel abroad, exercise and plan. Other than that, I like to spend time with my family, volunteer and attend different business and Chinese events around the city.
-quote from her page
Obviously the least fun human being ever
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 11, 2008 5:09PM
@ 5:01
As I said, obviously either a) the most pathological, b) delusional, c) full of sh!t, or d) all of the above
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 6:20PM
WTF - I'd hit it.
TOGFD
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 6:21PM
I hope that all you who posted your hurtful negative comments someday have children of your own, so all this bad karma will come back to you.
You can't hurt my daughter,she will reach her goals no matter what you negative people say.
Shame on you !!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 7:40PM
hmm what's the delay here
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 8:10PM
@12:45
Loving the racism/sterotyping - typical of a guy with parents who did a crappy job. $'s from Chinese guys probably saved the crappy bank that you work at from going into bankruptcy. Pretty soon we'll all be whores for the Chinese...
Posted by JimBob , Jun 11, 2008 8:30PM
@ 8:10
Or Towelheads.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 8:32PM
一路顺风 kiddo.
Posted by Onegin , Jun 11, 2008 8:36PM
Not responsible for lost or stolen articles:
"After graduation, I plan to... pursue a career in an investment banking or international finance position. I am also working towards fluency in Chinese in addition to obtaining CFA designation."
Sounds like her English could use a little more work before she starts hammering on Chinese.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2008 8:56PM
onegin/ginntonic
you should both lay in the gutter together.
Posted by JimBob , Jun 11, 2008 9:05PM
http://www.danwei.org/featured_video/the_official_olympic_cheer.php
When the Chinese take over Wall Street, Dealbreaker will be shut down immediately. The Chinese government would never tolerate Bess.
Posted by guest , Jun 13, 2008 2:12PM
When I have free time, I like to....get overserved, lie to women, spend money, occasionally read a book. Thank you, sha-sha-knee.
Posted by guest , Oct 17, 2008 6:19AM
I love how she threw in the "xie xie" to show she knows some Mandarin