Finance Career Quotes

My dad was a banker, and I've always had an interest in it.

During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful.

I hated being a junior investment banker. I loved the research business, the wealth management business.

Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier.

My father was an investment banker, a stock broker.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I generally tell them 'I run a hedge fund.' The majority give me a strange look, so I quickly add, 'I am a money manager.' When the strange look persists, as it often does, I correct it to simply, 'I'm an investor.' Everyone knows what that is.

I studied finance and was a topper.

As for another profession ... I suppose I'd manage a global-macro hedge fund. I love that kind of stuff. Weird, I know, but I find it fascinating.

I have my Masters degree in international relations, banking job experience with Citibank, and I have also worked in developmental organisations.

I don't plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were.

I went to work on Wall Street for about three or four years with an investment bank, got certified: series 3, series 7, and all this stuff.

I really love being finance director.

Prior to SunRun, I was headed toward a career in venture capital and then realized I wanted to apply my knowledge of finance more directly to helping change the world.

I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.