Monkey Business Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle

by Rolfe, John; Troob, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780446676953
• ISBN10: 0446676950
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Meet John and Peter, two young business school graduates about to become frustrated foot soldiers for the world of high finance. 20 hour days, inflated salaries, senseless prospects, outlandish characters and strip club lap dances make escaping with their sanity sound like the best deal of all.

Author Biography

John Rolfe graduated from Virginia Tech, The University of Florida, and Wharton Business School. At Wharton, he was the editor of The Wharton Vulgarian. Following his sentence with DLJ, he spent several years working at a private investment fund. In 2001, he co-founded an equity-oriented money management firm, and today manages the firm from a top secret location deep in Vermont. He lives with his wife and two children, and is currently attempting to learn how to produce maple syrup.

Peter Troob graduated from Duke University and Harvard Business School. At Harvard, he was the humor editor for Harbus. After a gross error in judgment caused him to return to the investment banking world at DLJ, he left for the greener pastures of distressed debt investing at a private investment fund. In 2002 he co-founded a debt-oriented money management firm, which he continues to manage today. He lives with his wife and two children outside of New York City, where he can often be seen limping around the neighborhood and complaining about his bad knees.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Recruiting: The Seeds of a Dream	7	(17)
Interviews and Ecstasy	24	(16)
Summer Boot Camp	40	(37)
The Courtship	77	(7)
Training Wheels	84	(7)
The Food Chain	91	(5)
The Business	96	(10)
The Sizzle	106	(15)
Fishing for Value	121	(8)
The Merry-go-round	129	(12)
The Bottleneck	141	(13)
The Holiday Party	154	(22)
Drafting	176	(19)
Push the Button	195	(12)
Travel	207	(19)
Bonuses, Reviews, and Compensation	226	(13)
The Epiphany	239	(10)
The Last Straw	249	(8)
Liberation	257	(11)
Epilogue	268