Please identify which well-known financier the following passage is about, from the latest issue of Vanity Fair.
"One of the rules at the gym was you don't drop your weights-- they can get damaged," recalls Tim Gardner, an assistant manager at Total Fitness, "but I can still see him sitting on the bench, doing curls, and then standing up and dropping these weights from as far up as he could do. And people would turn and look at him. It was just for the attention, see? He loved to be in the limelight like that. I think if you looked up 'narcissist' in the dictionary, you'd find [this person]'s picture.""I'll never forget the first time I met [this person]," says Gary Findley, who managed the gym for a time. "I was inside the gym, and I heard this loud noise outside. I mean, loud. I couldn't figure out what it was, so I walked outside. He was landing in the middle of our running track in a private helicopter."
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:43PM
Who is Sir R. Allen Stanford Alex...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:44PM
Its a good article. I just read it. The dude is screwed.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
charlie gasparino
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
Wouldn't it be easier to figure out who this is NOT? I'll start...
Its not big Steve (he has 3 gyms at home)
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
gaspo
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
Charlie G. is a journalist, not a financier "crook."
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
CG
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:45PM
steve cohen
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:46PM
@4- yeah, but he likes to work out in public
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:49PM
It wasn't me, but recently started working out and I'm definitely going to do this.
-Larry Robbins
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:50PM
Wouldn't it be easier to figure out who this is NOT? I'll start...
Its not big Steve (he has 3 gyms at home)
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:52PM
@11/4- wait, I can't tell, do you think this could be Steve?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:53PM
ken lewis
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:53PM
I vote Tim Sykes. I mean, have you seen the guns on that guy.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:54PM
Well...its not big Steve, he has 3 gyms at home.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:55PM
Trump
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:57PM
Wow, Erin B just explained that football should require a foot and a ball. Just shut up.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:57PM
Hi, where is EP?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 2:58PM
Well...its not big Steve, he has 3 gyms at home.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:00PM
Anybpdy know how many gyms does big Steve have?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:01PM
Hank Greenberg. BP=450lbs
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:03PM
Cliff Asness
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:03PM
Dick Fuld
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:04PM
It's obviously Barton Biggs.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:04PM
@12: Aren’t you going to be late for your shift at the Palm? Oh, btw, please hold my usual table… be there by 9. Thanks!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:05PM
Ben Bernanke. And bench presses $5.5trillion spread evenly between 2 suitcases.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:06PM
@26- 5.5 trillion in unmarked bills?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:07PM
Hank Paulson
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:09PM
Tim Sykes
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:10PM
Mike Vranos / Ellington...known for taking his shirt off and flexing to show off the guns on the old kidder trading floor
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:11PM
Former Lehman President Joe Gregory used to travel to work in a helicopter
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:12PM
Erin Callan
BP = 350
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:13PM
Bove has retard strength.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:13PM
WTF is Total Fitness? I googled it, but it can't be this one
totalfitnesscenter.com, which is described as a "Christian Gym". Would could that mean, other than no JO allowed in the steam room. Want that, I guess you have to go to Equinox.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:13PM
buffett
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:13PM
Jeff Macke he does curles with 30 packs of the Beast
Posted by Becky Boot Fan , Jun 11, 2009 3:13PM
David Carradine. Benching a whopping 150lbs on the bar, across his throat...with a 25 pounder on his wang.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:15PM
Tanner whatever his name was (is)
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:15PM
@27-- the mutha can do it in quarters and pennies. don't u see why ken lewis was scared(frightened) sh!tless when he was e-mailed(threatened)!
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:16PM
Are you serious- it’s obviously Meredith Whitney.
Hmm- they did say 'him' though...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:19PM
@36-- was that while he's wearing the dark wig and fishnet stockings or not?
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112009/news/worldnews/wigged_out_kink_fu_173672.htm
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:22PM
I used to work out there. This prick used to like to chub up in the shower and then walk out without his towel in front of the ladies. He'd act like it fell off or he forgot to put one and wait for the reactions. He was also famous for not wearing underwear under his flimsy workout shorts, he would spot you on the bench press so you would have to stare at his hairy ball sac. During a group photo for a Christmas card once, he knealt down on one knee in the front and let package hang loose. He acted like it was an accident of course.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:24PM
@42 you just made my day.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:25PM
Where is this gym where the men and women change together?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:31PM
Louis Ziccareli
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:31PM
Aleksey Vaynor, without a doubt.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:37PM
Cliff A$ne$$. I hear he benched a rack of quants after losing another boat load of cash. The guy is an animal.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:38PM
Jim Chanos
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:40PM
Barney Frank
Posted by Tax Chick , Jun 11, 2009 3:41PM
Bernie, as evidenced by this: http://dealbreaker.com/2009/05/less-than-49-billion-to-go.php
Posted by Seaman Bodine II , Jun 11, 2009 3:48PM
Shia LaBeouf
Posted by miami , Jun 11, 2009 3:49PM
Erin Callan?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 3:55PM
Seriously?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnW_9uiT1xg
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:00PM
Becky Boot Fan's comment caused me to spit diet coke on my keyboard. Hilarious!!
Posted by Madmoney , Jun 11, 2009 4:01PM
ditto 46
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:07PM
@36 FTW
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:09PM
make that @37
-36
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:11PM
Jimmy Cayne - HUGE fan of the smoothie bar.
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 11, 2009 4:15PM
The answer is obviously Bill Gross' mustache, duhr
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:17PM
Stan O'neal - also known for displaying "the helicopter" with his penis during pilates classes
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:24PM
I can outbench any pussy finance guy
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:29PM
@61 Women must compliment you all the time about how vascular you are.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:33PM
the most interesting man in the world
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:37PM
Wayne Brady?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:41PM
Well? Answer please.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:43PM
Dickran
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:44PM
spill the beans already
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:51PM
@62 they do, actually. unlike you, I never have a problem getting laid.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:53PM
@ 68 Yeah, sounds like you don't have a problem.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 4:55PM
Why is dropping weights such bad gym etiquette? It happens- especially when you're repping to failure
Posted by NotNasser , Jun 11, 2009 4:55PM
#46, I'll pedantically correct your spelling, because the Buddhist monks who raised me would have wanted it that way. My name is Aleksey Vayner.
That penultimate "e" is important bexcause I promised the CIA I'd spell it that way when they recruited me to disrupt the Chinese Triads.
Fortunately, I taught tennis to a Triad who was considering defecting anyway so ...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 5:12PM
"I never have a problem getting laid." .... I guess a glory hole can change one's perception of oneself.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 5:12PM
25 - funny but mean...
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 5:31PM
The Douche Bag du Jour, is none other than Sir Allen Stanford...PRICK!!
Posted by Bess Levin , Jun 11, 2009 6:00PM
Sir Stanford
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 6:09PM
it was me!
--gasparino
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 6:59PM
Jim Grant?
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 7:29PM
76 gaspo doesn't have a helicopter
Posted by bateman , Jun 11, 2009 10:06PM
michelle obama
Posted by CMC , Jun 11, 2009 10:39PM
laura bush
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 10:51PM
@79 @80
tools.
Posted by guest , Jun 11, 2009 11:33PM
I think #1 won it before the contest got underway, but then he probably read the VF article.
Posted by guest , Jun 12, 2009 10:54AM
Ed Liddy
Posted by guest , Jun 12, 2009 1:03PM
Gotta be Angelo Mozilo
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2009 2:11PM
Pushin' that much weight?
Only a man as strong as Sue Herrera could accomplish this impossible task.