Hopkins People
This Hopkins employee has a connection to the 1969 album "Tommy" by The Who.
Who is Kyle Lawson?
Kyle formerly worked at the National Pinball Museum, which contained a machine fashioned after the song "Pinball Wizard" on the rock opera album Tommy by the Who.
This hedge funder is the child of a Jamaican-born car mechanic.
Who is Chris Hohn?
"Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it."
What is Ferris Bueler's Day Off?
Since the beginning of the current Trump administration, this sector of the economy has rallied the most, and by 40% more than the Oil & Gas sector.
What is the Renewables Sector?
The Goldman Sachs Renewables Index is up 40% cytd.
Mark Rooney's nickname if he were in college today.
What is the "Rizzler"?
This Hopkins employee competes professionally in Dressage.
Who is Maureen Marsh?
This manager, who has a glass eye, shorted AI related companies in 2025.
Who is Michael Burry?
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
What is Dirty Dancing?
What is Medline?
Owned by Hellman & Friedman, Blackstone, and Carlyle Group.
Not a donut, but what someone on our team probably does about their former team. (ahem, MKB)
What is Glazing?
This Hopkins employee used to race motorcycles and has a wide and eclectic taste in music.
Who is Laurent Heller?
This manager generated an annualized return of just under 1% over 8 years before retiring to pursue civil service.
Who is Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary?
2023 -2% 2022 29% 2021 -9% 2020 -7%
2019 1% 2018 -2% 2017 -8% 2016 11%
"Say, I'm having a little party at the yacht club on Sunday, christening my new sloop...what are you plans? No plans? How'd you like to mow my lawn?"
What is Judge Smails in Caddyshack?
This company received $13 billion in 2025, the second largest amount of venture growth funding in the year.
What is Anthropic?
What MKB's son says while MKB is trying to explain quality investing at the dinner table...JPTFITBB.
What is "Just put the fries in the bag, bro"?
This Hopkins employee has the highest chances among us to be thought of along the likes of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert Heinlein.
Who is Andrew Cloward?
Our emerging science fiction writer!
This former Goldman Sachs trader and long-time hedge fund manager recently announced a campaign to be governor of a state.
Who is Tom Steyer?
Formerly Founder, Managing Partner of Farallon.
"I made....my family...disappear?
I made my family disappear!!!."
Who is Kevin McCallister in Home Alone?
Out of all the holdings in our public equity and long/short equity managers, this company's stock has appreciated the most in CYTD2025.
What is Kioxia Holdings?
Up over 500% and owned by Maple Rock.
What MKB's wife says to her son after making fun of dad at the dinner table?
What is "SYBAU TS PMO ICL"?
Most likely to play Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for family over the holidays.
Who is Sneha Batheja, a classically-trained, competitive classic pianist?
This hedge fund manager holds the title for the largest philanthropist in dollar-terms.
Who is George Soros?
Soros has donated over $23 billion to charity, primarily to his Open Society Foundation.
"Look man, I ain't falling for no banana in the tail pipe."
What is Beverly Hills Cop?
Eddie Murphy
"This former OpenAI'er raised $2 billion at a multi-deca-billion valuation, despite having no product or service."
Who is Ilya Sutskever of SafeSuperintelligence?
Its a worthy debate as to who has more of this "kitchen" phenomenon, Kyle, Sydney, or Donte. Or, something Rooney lacks, exhibit A his blue vest.
What is "drip"?
Someone who is particularly stylish.