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June 10, 2007
Hedge Funds, Shortcut Culture, and Batteries
Funny Sunday magazine NY Times interview with the creator of HBO's Entourage program. He is planning a new, avarice-centric series on hedge-fund guys in New York:Why do you find the subject of money so interesting? Sadly, right now, that’s the world people are aspiring to. You have Harvard-educated medical doctors who would rather work at an investment bank than try to cure cancer, and that’s the wish-fulfillment lifestyle that I play into.
The desire to make money is nothing new. No, but now people are looking for the home runs constantly. That’s the difference. People are seeing shortcuts and easy routes.How much do you earn? I’m not going to tell you.
About $3 million a year? Yeah, you can put it in that neighborhood.
What do you do with all that dough? I don’t really spend a lot of money. I’m not a flashy guy. I drive a Lexus hybrid. I don’t have a lot of things that I really care about besides my kids.
Kids can be costly to raise, especially once they discover batteries. Lucas is 5 and Maya is 3, so a firetruck and a doll keep them happy for a couple of weeks.
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@Peter: Entourage is such a guilty pleasure of mine, I'm willing to give him a pass :)
Also, why not mention Doug Ellin's name in the Post? He's created something at least as useful and lasting as 99% of web 2.0 "companies" have. As an added bonus, Entourage never claims to be anything more than it is. Let's see some props!1!
Peter G.
Why be such a playa hata?
he says, "...I drive a lexus hybrid..."
what a tool