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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

I took a lot of math classes. I couldn’t give up math in computer science. And the team actually that did all the technology in media, one ended up being the core technology team for Cisco. And then to make sure that we beat the private equity benchmark or the equity benchmark with that selection.

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Intel In Crosshairs Of Apollo, Qualcomm

Global Finance

Benchmark tech analyst Cody Acree argues that a private equity firm like Apollo is a better fit for struggling Intel. Analysts believe the San Diego-based tech giant could make the math work, particularly if the deal involved selling off Intel’s manufacturing assets.

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Where Are All The Proudly Premium-Fee Advisors?

CFO News Room

accurately comparable) industry benchmarks to compare themselves with, so that the fees they charge for the services they provide are in alignment with what they are actually worth. Just the math of an advisory firm only goes so far at the end of the day.” I could do the rough math on his firm. just to make the math easy.

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Transcript: Linda Gibson, CEO PGIM Quantitative Solutions

Barry Ritholtz

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. Not the usual combination. What happened?

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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

Barry Ritholtz

Brad Gerstner is a founder and investor in technology startups. And I said, Hey, how about if I build your technology practice, I’ll run a public sleeve and I’ll also run a venture sleeve in technology. There’s never been a technology in the history of technology. What can I say? Once again?

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Barry Ritholtz

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. Two reasons. And it’s a critical need.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

Its index and its benchmark. Let, 00:04:08 [Speaker Changed] Let’s lead up to that transition software engineer at IBM, then you get your PhD, then research at Siemens, which seems to be more of a technological position than a finance position. Learn math, learn history. a year, way over both. So I was at Harvard.