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  • 29 Mar 2011 at 5:40 PM

Please Identify The Dream Gig: Playing Pro Hockey Or Working As A First Year At JPMorgan

By Bess Levin

According to Yale senior Jeff Anderson, you gotta go with the latter. The opportunity to go pro is one thing but work in the same building as Jamie Dimon? Quite another and not something you want to wake up 30 years down the road asking, what if?

Anderson, who hails from British Columbia, led the Bulldogs to their first No. 1 national ranking last December, after joining them in 2007 when they hadn’t made past the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals in nine years. He graduates this spring and while he’s received “a number of professional hockey opportunities for next year,” he’s only received one once in a lifetime offer- to work for JPMorgan’s sales and trading department. Continue reading »

  • 13 Sep 2010 at 3:19 PM

Phil Falcone Faced With Serious Dilemma: Hockey Or Hooters?

By Bess Levin

Gang, something serious happened. One of our favorite hedge fund managers is in trouble and needs help. Phil Falcone has been put in a horrible position, that I hope no one else ever finds him/herself. It’s a pretty well-known fact that the Harbinger founder is a huge hockey fan. The Minnesotan grew up skating, played as an undergrad at Harvard and pro in Europe for a year before being sidelined with a leg injury. He’s owned a forty percent stake in the Minnesota Wild for some time and recently acquired the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Falcone’s love of ice never posed an issue on the work at his hedge fund– until now. And it’s bad. Here’s the rub: Continue reading »