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Dan that, boring though it may have sounded, I was telling him my
real thoughts. I added that I had always wanted to be an entrepreneur
and could eventually see myself starting my own hedge fund if the
opportunity presented itself, but that this would not surprise anyone.
Dan looked at me again and smiled. ‘Hang on a minute,’ he said and
picked up the phone to dial ‘a friend’.
‘Hi Larry, it’s Dan,’ he said, and smiled at a joke cracked at the
other end. ‘Listen – I have a young guy in my office who wants to
work for a hedge fund and would prefer being in London. Are you
guys looking? Yeah, I know you’re ...