Growing up in Greenwich, with a father who works in finance, there were expectations placed on Matt McCarty. You know the ones. Prep school, followed by an Ivy or Ivy-esque college, a job on Wall Street, all that stuff. And in the beginning, those expectations were met. Matty attended the Brunswick school, then Vanderbilt, and did a summer internship at CRT Capital Group. But he always felt like there was something else he was meant to do. And one day, he got up the courage to go for it. Continue reading »
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Hedge Fund Manager’s Son Is The Guy Connecticut Residents Will Want To Talk To When Convention Of Worst People On Earth Invade Next Weekend
By Bess Levin
As he is the son of an extremely principled man, it’s no surprise to hear that Matt Dalio spends a good portion of his time helping others. The main avenue through which Dalio shows he cares is the China Care Foundation, which Matthew found and which provides “medical care and nurturing to Chinese orphans.” This coming Saturday, CCF will hold it’s annual fundraiser– a concert at the Belle Haven Club (accessible by boat). This is, of course, wonderful– humanity people at all that jazz. And while the children of China will certainly benefit, there is a not insignificant number of people who will be indirectly hurt by this event, and who are, at this very time, quaking in their boots. You see, this year, Dalio and Co decided to go with Dave Matthews as the headliner for the concert. And the neighbors are already terrified.
“We’re expecting a big crowd, an invasion of Dave Matthews followers,” said Lt. Richard Cochran, a Greenwich police spokesman. “So we’re going to have in excess of 40 or 50 officers down there on land. That doesn’t include officers who will be on the boat monitoring boat traffic to keep trespassers from invading the beaches and the surrounding residences down there.”
Unfortunately, Cochran underestimated the sheer will of Dave Matthews Band fans. As a representative of the groupies noted:
“People want to hear their DMB, they’re going to hear their DMB. They’re going to figure out a way. He’s got a cult-like following,” said Jake Vigliotti, a Norwalk native now living in Orlando, Fla., who runs the Dave Matthews fan site AntsMarching.org with two friends.
“Is Greenwich ready for bestiality?” Continue reading »
We don’t have to tell you bitching about bonuses is getting boring. Thankfully, the good people of Greenwich have nothing bad to say about them, and are actually just happy things are getting back to normal. They are spending like it’s 2005 all over again, although they admit that they’ll have to go about their business in a more demure manner this time around. Decency, and whatnot. “Last year was a big downer,” said Michelle Brunwasser, a partner in the chic Weber art gallery. “Things are definitely better now, and a lot of it has to do with the bonuses.”
Think the worst is over? Think again. Greenwich, CT is probably going to be forced to cut back on its Christmas lights this year, having only raised $30,000 for a display that costs a minimum of $45,000 to put on, if we’re talking bare bones, $60,000 if we want it done up right. Over 2,000 letters have been sent out begging for more money, so far to no avail, while organizer Mary Ann Morrison is already saying she may have to get rid of lights entirely on long stretches of Greenwich Avenue (this is not simply a matter of dimming). And yet, first Selectman Peter Tesei seems unconcerned about the whole thing.
“I’m sure that some angel will come down to provide the money to put them up,” Tesei said. “I’m optimistic that will happen.”
As previously mentioned, it seems Charlie Gasparino has some (cheapskate) fans in New Canaan, who lined up to get their hands on his new book, Up In Smoke, the second it was available at their local library. Now our attention has been directed to the fact that he’s got some rabid followers in Greenwich: every copy of his tome has been checked out or reserved in the last 24 hours. Now, obviously, we wouldn’t dare suggest that the entire state of Connecticut wasn’t waiting with bated breath to read (but not pay for) the definitive book on the crisis. But does this not seem a bit suspect? Clearly if a certain hedge fund manager wanted to keep this from his people, he’d simply have his air force bomb the libraries. But I’m not yet convinced something isn’t up. In related news sure to chap some NYT hide, our New Canaan librarian correspondent informs us of number of copies ordered for the various financial crisis titles:
The Sellout/ Charles Gasparino= 16
House of Cards/ William Cohen = 8
Street Fighters/ Kate Kelly = 1
Colossal Failure / Lawrence McDonald = 2
Too Big To Fail / Sorkin = 2
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