John Arnold – Why The Greatest Natural Gas Trader Walked Away To Pursue Philanthropy | #386
The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing
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I wanted to go where the action was. I applied to all the big investment banks up in New York and I didn't really know the difference between investment banking and trading, but it was just get me into one of those investment banks. And I got rejected from all those jobs. So here I am coming out of Andy with a job at Enron. It's funny is I should have gotten your route. I went this sort of illicit trade. I remember selling stink bombs. Never lusted after anything probably in my childhood as much as that like 87 or 89. That was like the defining card.
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