See How Your NCAA Brackets Match Up Against 36 Supposed Prediction-Making Experts
A whole bunch of hedge fund managers, corporate CEOs, business news anchors, former mayors of New York, and ex-Citigroup chief executive officers have entered Bloomberg's March Madness tournament pool. Each participant put up $10,000, with the proceeds going to the winner's choice of charity. Herewith, some picks of interest, including those of Vikram Pandit, whose bracket, should he win, will be photocopied and sent to all the Citi brass who didn't have his back way back when, with a note reading "Do you like apples? Well I just destroyed my NCAA tournament pool, how do you like dem apples?"
* Bill Ackman: Duke (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Kyle Bass: Duke (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Mike Bloomberg: Duke (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Jim Chanos: Duke (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Gary Cohn: Duke (1) v Wisconsin (1)
* Jimmy Dunne: Villanova (1) v Notre Dame (3)
* David Einhorn: Duke (1) v Wisconsin (1)
* Richard Handler: Gonzaga (2) v Wisconsin (1)
* Paul Tudor Jones: Virgina (2) v Arizona (2)
* Steve Kuhn: Villanova (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Marc Lasry: Gonzaga (2) v Kentucky (1)
* Howard Marks: Duke (1) v Kentucky (1)
* Mike Novogratz: Iowa State (3) v Kentucky (1)
* Vikram Pandit: Gonzaga (2) v Kentucky (1)
Bloomberg's Brackets for a Cause [Bloomberg]