Agius became chairman in 2006 and part of his appeal was meant to be his standing as an old-school financier who would ensure that traditional City virtues survived in the brasher world of 21st-century investment banking.
In 1990, Youtie joined forces with his best friend from high school, a financier named Steven Erlbaum, to open a wedding-dress outlet store in a warehouse on I-95 outside Hallandale, Florida.
"You need muscle to get kids into the international schools," says Alex, a financier who recently returned to London after a brief Swiss sojourn (names have been changed to prevent recriminations).
Every human endeavour requires leadership: our politicians must be leaders for us to overcome our difficulties; sportsmen must be leaders for our team to win; financiers, journalists, school teachers – leaders all.
Vesco, though he never completed high school, became a wealthy New York financier.
"You only have a fixed number of hours to focus on the school issues," said one parent, a financier who is working with Ms. Bauer.
And speaking of privilege, it's interesting to note that the Government will be footing the bills for journalist Toby Young and financier Arpad Busson's "free" schools.
Columbia is planning a second business school campus in Manhattanville, to which the financier Henry R. Kravis has pledged $100 million.
The building, a lovely 1936 residence commissioned by a South African merchant named Morris Landau, has had many owners over the years — including Bruce McNall, the onetime owner of the L.A. Kings, and Ron Perelman, the financier — and is now owned by a private school called Harvard-Westlake, whose middle-school campus is next door.
The debt can't be discharged even if the school — operated for profit and owned by exploitative financiers — provided an inadequate education, enticed the student with misleading promises, and failed to get her a decent job.
The £10,000-a-head gala dinner marked the 10th anniversary of Ark - Absolute Return for Kids - which was set up by financier Arpad Busson and sponsors academy schools in the UK and programmes for disadvantaged children around the world.
