Ever since Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam went down for insider trading, and one of his biggest accomplices, Danielle Chiesi went down with him, we’ve been using the picture at left of the latter (one of the few available). And every single time we’ve done so, we’ve immediately received a flurry of emails imploring us to find a better one, not simply because the photo in question hurts some people on a deep level but because, according to the senders, Danielle Chiesi was once super hot. “Like insanely hot,” more than a few told us, begging that we find a replacement because they’d already told their co-workers how good looking she was, and credibility was on the line. Regrettably, despite putting in a few minutes of hard work Google Image searching, we were unable to find find any evidence that these guys could bring to the table in an effort to prove they did not have a thing for the Bridget Nielsen (Flavor Flav Years) of the finance industry. Today, they are saved. Bloomberg reports that Danielle Chiesi was named Miss Southern Tier Teenager in 1981. Unfortunately, Bloomberg did not include a photo of DC at the time but no matter– apparently one of her wearing a tiara exists and while we wait for someone to find it and send it here, let’s get to know the beauty queen a bit better. (For those of you looking to make a splash, consider taking a page from Chiesi’s playabook.)
Starting with the fishnets.
Chiesi wore short skirts and low-cut tops, according to people who saw her over the years. When she worked at New York brokerage Furman Selz LLC in the early 1990s, she would show up in a tight red suit with red fishnet stockings, says a person who worked there at the time.
Which some people seem to have had a problem with.
Chiesi used her sexuality to build sources at male-dominated tech companies, says Deborah Stapleton, president of Stapleton Communications Inc., an investor relations company in Palo Alto, California. “It amazes me that grown, wealthy, successful, hardworking men fell for that,” Stapleton says. Chiesi was proud of her network, too. “She bragged about her contacts in public,” Stapleton says. “She was like a teenager who wanted everyone to know she knew some rock star.”
The knockers with a heart of gold.
“Danielle was really social, gregarious and popular,” says Stacey Maggio, a sorority sister. “She was a knockout with a big heart.”
Horizontal dancing.
One ploy was to go barhopping with a group, and then peel someone off to talk to on the dance floor, says a person who attended conferences with her. On a 2007 boat ride around Manhattan hosted by Galleon, Chiesi danced suggestively, according to an attendee. On another occasion, Rajaratnam hired country singer Kenny Rogers to perform at a party. Chiesi brought her mother and was more restrained, an attendee says.
“Source building” is what we’re calling it now.
Mark Kurland, managing general partner at New Castle, encouraged Chiesi’s source building, according to government wiretaps.
“This is what I think you should do more of, what you’re doing more of now,” Kurland, 60, who was also arrested, said on a phone call taped on Aug. 22, 2008. “You know, get more relationships. Why don’t you just worry about getting the information, and don’t worry about the numbers.”
Despite the allegations, Chiesi will dance again.
“She is the most honest person in the world,” Danielle’s mother Gloria says. “She is beautiful inside and out.”
BTW she’s not much without makeup. Yeeesh.
When money got a little tight she sold the Tiara to Dick Bove.
raj your girlfriend! woof!
Sure, she’s a pig now – but you should have seen her before the lightbulb was invented.
I’m way prettier.
-ping
do we think raj hit it?
I agree with A. Drury of Austrailiar that there is too much sex talk in business development and marketing.
~Fake Sabine Ehrenfeld
“It’s All About the “O”
Formerly w/Overstock.com
@6, No I hit it! Flaaaaava Flaaaaave
hit it and QUIT it.
-RR
As the dean of a famous business school once said, “Ugly has nothing to do with a blowjob.”
@10 does anal?
“Danielle Chiesi went down with him”…yes, yes, we know this, but did she go down *on* him?
-S.J. Mandel, ESQ
Mrs. Rajraj’s divorce lawyer
…she makes my mancision itch.
“Source building…..” That woman had to have been in the physical oil and gas marketing business to develop such skills.
As if red fishnet stockings weren’t appropriate for business. Sheesh.
Next thing you know they’ll be coming down on the red leather corsets.
They need to take lessons from the Valentine’s Day party at Nebraska.
my eyes!
@10, Ugly has nothing to do with it? It sure fucking does when your dick gets attacked by that monster above, who tries to suck its soul out.
I know mine would never ever forgive me if I let that female Robert Pattinson look-alike blow me.
-Henry Cavill
She’s definitely “light of day ugly”, but remember, we’re dealing with Silicon Valley types here. She could be considered “tech world hot” no problem.
I like to wear a plaid suit with a Homberg hat and Mont Blanc pen when I have a “date” with a classy businesswoman.
~Fred Garvin
Male Prostitute
Chicago, IL
“Source Building”. I’ll have to remember that one.
Chaz
…she makes my blanus lactate.
-Ghost de la Greg
Give this woman a break. She escaped former Soviet Russia and left an abusive, juiced out former boxer husband behind. She deserves some credit for getting as far as she did in this world.
Baby, you musta been something before electricity!
The old honey trap. “From Raj With Love.”
This what scares me in commitment. There should be a level of hotness put option embedded in every marriage certificate.
@25 – what about a call option on tail you didn’t buy?
@5 no contest.
-andrea tong
if thats hot, then my eyes looked at the sun for way too long.
yet another Bear Stearns crook…what a surprise!!!
My guess is that the baggy jumper is hiding a serious set of triple F melons. That’s the only way I can believe she was a US version of a Mark Nomos operative.
hand jobs for stock tips!!
dennis k
Wow she is unpretty. But she was always dancing provocatively after people had been liquored up. She’s Exhibit A for insider trading, and a good reason why beer goggles can lead people to do bad things.
Do you have respect for wood?
this lady is my idol.
-ex pmb
this lady is my idol.
-ex pmb
this lady is my idol.
-ex pmb
can someone PLEASE tell me what’s going on in the tit region of this pic?
can someone PLEASE tell me what’s going on in the tit region of this pic?
@37/38 major saggage?
mom?!
who wants to see my tits?
-DC
how good do I look compared to this lady?
-sue herrera
sue@42 queen of midgets type thing.
True story- Dani comes up to me rubs those knocker on my arm(firmer then they look now) and says’… I bet u think I am fuckin Mark well I’m fucking him, ace, jimmy- I’m fuckin them all…’ Classy broad!
True story- Dani comes up to me rubs those knocker on my arm(firmer then they look now) and says’… I bet u think I am fuckin Mark well I’m fucking him, ace, jimmy- I’m fuckin them all…’ Classy broad!
I was a close friend of hers as we both graduated high school together in upstate NY. Her and her family were very nice people. She did well in school, was a cheerleader, ran track and liked to party. She always liked the attention but was never slutty. She in fact was the runner up in the Miss NYS pageant, losing to of all people, Vanessa Williams! When Ms. Williams won Miss USA Danielle briefly became Miss NY. Ms. Williams had the nude photos surface and alas had to give up her USA throne, Danielle was reduced to the runner up status. Danielle WAS beautiful, but unfortunately she is a clear example of what happens to someone that comprimises themselves as has to live with it.
Just a shame.
I met Danielle when she was 17, she was a Pi Phi at CU! Yes, she was beautiful, a smile that melted you like no other…I dated her on and off for over 10 years while I lived in CT and she lived in NY. You can believe the stories about how stuning she was and probaly still is?? I have not seen her in more than 15 years. This story is very sad. I wish her the best!! Danilee grew up in Binghamton NY. Her dad worked at Ford Motor Co.
If you read this Danielle, it’s Rick in SF..I am rooting for you!! google me, you’ll find me
I met Danielle when she was 17, she was a Pi Phi at CU! Yes, she was beautiful, a smile that melted you like no other…I dated her on and off for over 10 years while I lived in CT and she lived in NY. You can believe the stories about how stuning she was and probaly still is?? I have not seen her in more than 15 years. This story is very sad. I wish her the best!! Danilee grew up in Binghamton NY. Her dad worked at Ford Motor Co.
If you read this Danielle, it’s Rick in SF..I am rooting for you!! google me, you’ll find me
Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.
Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.
Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.
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