• 23 Nov 2009 at 9:40 AM

How Former Beauty Queen Danielle Chiesi Got Her Hot Tips

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Picture 20.pngEver 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.”

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  1. 1
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    BTW she’s not much without makeup. Yeeesh.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    When money got a little tight she sold the Tiara to Dick Bove.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    raj your girlfriend! woof!

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    Sure, she’s a pig now – but you should have seen her before the lightbulb was invented.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    I’m way prettier.
    -ping

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    do we think raj hit it?

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    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

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    @6, No I hit it! Flaaaaava Flaaaaave

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    hit it and QUIT it.
    -RR

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    As the dean of a famous business school once said, “Ugly has nothing to do with a blowjob.”

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    @10 does anal?

  12. 12
    Posted by Investorcluzo | November 23, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    “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

  13. 13
    Posted by Becky Boot Fan | November 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    …she makes my mancision itch.

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    “Source building…..” That woman had to have been in the physical oil and gas marketing business to develop such skills.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    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.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    my eyes!

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    @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.
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  18. 18
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM

    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.

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:25 AM

    I like to wear a plaid suit with a Homberg hat and Mont Blanc pen when I have a “date” with a classy businesswoman.
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    Posted by Joe Mac | November 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM

    “Source Building”. I’ll have to remember that one.
    Chaz

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    …she makes my blanus lactate.
    -Ghost de la Greg

  22. 22
    Posted by wcburrs87 | November 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    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.

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    Baby, you musta been something before electricity!

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    Posted by 007 | November 23, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    The old honey trap. “From Raj With Love.”

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    This what scares me in commitment. There should be a level of hotness put option embedded in every marriage certificate.

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    Posted by Tax Chick | November 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    @25 – what about a call option on tail you didn’t buy?

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    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    @5 no contest.
    -andrea tong

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    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    if thats hot, then my eyes looked at the sun for way too long.

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    yet another Bear Stearns crook…what a surprise!!!

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    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.

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    hand jobs for stock tips!!
    dennis k

  32. 32
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    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.

  33. 33
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    Do you have respect for wood?

  34. 34
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    this lady is my idol.
    -ex pmb

  35. 35
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    this lady is my idol.
    -ex pmb

  36. 36
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    this lady is my idol.
    -ex pmb

  37. 37
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    can someone PLEASE tell me what’s going on in the tit region of this pic?

  38. 38
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    can someone PLEASE tell me what’s going on in the tit region of this pic?

  39. 39
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    @37/38 major saggage?

  40. 40
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    mom?!

  41. 41
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    who wants to see my tits?
    -DC

  42. 42
    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    how good do I look compared to this lady?
    -sue herrera

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    Posted by guest | November 23, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    sue@42 queen of midgets type thing.

  44. 44
    Posted by guest | November 27, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    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!

  45. 45
    Posted by guest | November 27, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    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!

  46. 46
    Posted by Ragin | December 4, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    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.

  47. 47
    Posted by guest | December 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    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

  48. 48
    Posted by guest | December 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    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

  49. 49
    Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.

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    Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.

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    Posted by Guest | January 19, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Actually, she looked quite attractive; simple black suit, hair upswept nicely; much prettier than her photos.

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