Rebecca
Rebecca, 23, was named "One of 20 Teens Who Will Change the World" by Teen People magazine in February 2000 and was awarded a Point of Light by President Clinton. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago, earning degrees in economics and pre-law. As a Chicago-based investment banker, she structured mergers and acquisitions, as well as equity and debt transactions. Prior to that, she traded short-term interest rate options on Citigroup's foreign exchange desk in London. Outside of business, Rebecca founded a non-profit organization, raising over $750,000 to support disenfranchised children. In conjunction with this effort, she lobbied state and federal government officials, speaking at a wide range of national conferences and sharing the stage with Al Gore and Colin Powell, among others. She also reported on-air, wrote and helped produce hard news, features, and entertainment segments for a weekly show on an NBC affiliate in her hometown of Minneapolis. She is currently a financial journalist in Chicago.
What is your favorite music?
Hip hop, rap, rock - most of the time, I'll listen to just about anything.
What are your favorite books?
Things Worth Fighting For by Michael Kelly, When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein, Ecce Homo by Nietzsche, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, and Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David Sedaris.
What are your favorite TV shows?
Curb Your Enthusiasm and Mad Money
What are your favorite movies?
Kill Bill, The Godfather, Tommy Boy, and My Cousin Vinny
Rebecca, 23, was named "One of 20 Teens Who Will Change the World" by Teen People magazine in February 2000 and was awarded a Point of Light by President Clinton. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago, earning degrees in economics and pre-law. As a Chicago-based investment banker, she structured mergers and acquisitions, as well as equity and debt transactions. Prior to that, she traded short-term interest rate options on Citigroup's foreign exchange desk in London. Outside of business, Rebecca founded a non-profit organization, raising over $750,000 to support disenfranchised children. In conjunction with this effort, she lobbied state and federal government officials, speaking at a wide range of national conferences and sharing the stage with Al Gore and Colin Powell, among others. She also reported on-air, wrote and helped produce hard news, features, and entertainment segments for a weekly show on an NBC affiliate in her hometown of Minneapolis. She is currently a financial journalist in Chicago.
What is your favorite music?
Hip hop, rap, rock - most of the time, I'll listen to just about anything.
What are your favorite books?
Things Worth Fighting For by Michael Kelly, When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein, Ecce Homo by Nietzsche, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, and Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David Sedaris.
What are your favorite TV shows?
Curb Your Enthusiasm and Mad Money
What are your favorite movies?
Kill Bill, The Godfather, Tommy Boy, and My Cousin Vinny