From Bar exams to Bitcoin: my 35-year odyssey in the financial jungle
Fresh off acing the bar exam in South Africa, I dove headfirst into the electrifying world of finance. Not as a courtroom gladiator, mind you, but as a swashbuckling equity derivatives broker. My canvas? The globe itself. From the bustling exchanges of Wall Street to the nascent markets of Russia, I traded complex financial instruments with the zeal of an explorer charting uncharted territory. I cut my teeth in the blue-chip pressure cooker of Investec Bank, learning the intricacies of derivatives under the tutelage of seasoned veterans. But the entrepreneurial itch soon started to gnaw. So, I took a leap of faith and founded Greenwich Securities Ltd, my own brokerage firm. Building a business from scratch was a baptism by fire, but the thrill of independence and the satisfaction of crafting my own path was intoxicating.
Years flew by in a whirlwind of deals, sleepless nights and the exhilarating rush of the market. I…
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