Wall Street is notoriously a place populated by masters of the universe, big swinging dicks, movers and shakers, ballers and Men Who Make The World Work. Perhaps even more famously, it’s populated by people who believe that they can be fairly described in these terms, folks with egos scaled to match their bank accounts. It’s hardly uncharitable to notice that quite a few of these people can also be fairly described as “assholes.”
In fact, the list of Wall Street assholes is too long for anyone. We need to narrow it down to a list of the top ranks, the biggest assholes on Wall Street. We’re busy evaluating candidates here in the DealBreaker HQ Bunker, putting them up on cork boards like the FBI assembling a mafia management structure. But one of the glories of these here internets is that the communication goes both ways—from the Bunker to the Street, and from the Street to the Bunker. Starting this morning we’re taking your nominations for the first official DealBreaker list of the Biggest Assholes On Wall Street.
Send your nominations to tips@Dealbreaker.com or nominate someone in the comments section. A helpful explanation for why the nominee deserves to be ranked among Wall Street’s Bigs is appreciated. Extra credit will be award for first hand accounts of assholery.
Posted by John Gutfreund, Feb 12, 2008 11:44AM
I'm still an asshole.