Inside Jason Karp's decision to exit finance to get into healthy snacks

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Inside Jason Karp's decision to exit finance to get into healthy snacks
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Hedge-fund superstar Jason Karp says a radical diet change saved his eyesight. Now he's building a health food empire - and he's using the same data-driven approach that made him an investing genius.

After managing billions as the founder of the hedge fund Tourbillon, Jason Karp left it all behind to get into a totally different business: building healthy food brands.

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Here's what pushed him into a career change.


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SoFi shares are up 12% in their first day of trading. Here's the inside scoop from CEO Anthony Noto on why a SPAC made sense for the fintech.

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I manage money for ultra-high net worth clients and experienced burnout early in my career. Here are 4 things I did to recover and improve my quality of life.

Briton Hill suffered from burnout - caused by extreme work hours and clients' boundless accessibility to him - that left him depressed and unhealthy. This is his advice for managing a high-pressure lifestyle.


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The Pied Piper of SPACs (New Yorker)

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Robinhood Adds New Board Members to Advance IPO Push (WSJ)

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