Jerome (Kerviel) Has One Friend

By Paul Kedrosky · January 24, 2008 · ·

For those of you keeping track at home, SocGen rogue trader Jerome Kerviel started the day with 8 Facebook friends. That fell quickly to four Facebook friends once news leaked this morning of his $7-billion in trading losses. Now, however, he’s down to only one friend. Here is his plaintive Facebook friends page:

kerviel-friend

I’m guessing coworker Mr. Zabraniecki is either out on holidays, or a co-conspirator (I’m kidding, I’m kidding).

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Comments

  1. senthil says:
    January 25, 2008 at 12:05 am

    $7-billion dollar, it is unimaginable..

  2. leafar says:
    January 25, 2008 at 6:25 am

    The funniest part is that you know have more than 10 jerome kerviel on facebook

  3. Joe says:
    January 25, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Well he’s on LinkedIn…55 connections

  4. People says:
    January 26, 2008 at 2:33 am

    Fairweather friends.
    That’s people for you- when the going’s good, you have many friends. Things go sour, nobody knows you. Shame on those fake friends.
    Maybe this Manuel Zabraniecki is just that rarest of people: a true friend who stays true through thick and thin.

  5. jocose says:
    January 26, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    this is so big,cant be done by one with two hands.
    empty such a number with out any one seeing it.
    fellows better keep your money under your pillow .
    welcome to new earth.

  6. Frank Williams from Florida says:
    January 28, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    copied from egheflin NY Times Blog
    What’s the difference between Evel Kneivel and Jerome Kerviel?
    …Kneivel had a parachute when he tried to jump the Snake River Canyon, Kerviel only had his parapluie(french for umbrella) when he tried to jump Bank Société Générale.
    Hey, what’s the similarity between Evel Kineivel and Jerome Kerviel?
    …They both fell way short in their jumps.
    posted by me…Hey, what’s the difference between Evel Kneivel and Jerome Kerviel?
    …Evel Kneivel owned a nice white jump suit.
    — Posted by Frank Williams from Florida

  7. Ivan says:
    January 28, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Well, 7 Billion is a LOT of money…..
    But, to put it all in perspective, it represents
    20% of this years Christmas bonus package
    on …wait for it…Wall Street ….and those
    Gentleman have been soooo astute at operating
    their banks and investment divisions.
    I do wonder, if this is our best and brightest,
    we might be in a lot of trouble……

  8. Dude says:
    March 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    What an intuition about the good friend left….
    “I’m guessing coworker Mr. Zabraniecki is either out on holidays, or a co-conspirator (I’m kidding, I’m kidding).”