Memoir of One Woman’s Self-Discovery Inside a Top Wall Street Firm

Author Carrie Sun discusses her new book Private Equity: A Memoir. She shares her personal journey of working for a billionaire hedge fund manager and her motivations to pursue creative endeavors alongside finance. Exploring the differences between quantitative equity and fundamentally driven investing. The chapter also delves into the decision to anonymize names in the memoir. Carrie reflects on Wall Street burnout and the quest for work-life balance. She shares her motivation for writing about her experience in a high-pressure job on Wall Street and how her time there inspired her to write about work-life balance.