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He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from [[Cornell University]] (1980) and an MSEE from the [[University of Illinois]] (1981). He did his primary schooling from [[Bridgewater-Raritan High School East]] in [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs' with Andy Kessler|url=http://www.whartonclub.com/article.html?aid=1411|work=Wharton Club of Nothern California|publisher=Wharton Club of Nothern California}}</ref> |
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from [[Cornell University]] (1980) and an MSEE from the [[University of Illinois]] (1981). He did his primary schooling from [[Bridgewater-Raritan High School East]] in [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs' with Andy Kessler|url=http://www.whartonclub.com/article.html?aid=1411|work=Wharton Club of Nothern California|publisher=Wharton Club of Nothern California}}</ref> |
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From 1980 to 1985, Kessler worked for [[AT&T Bell Labs]] as a chip designer and programmer. In 1985, he joined [[Paine Webber]] in New York as an [[industry analyst|analyst]] of the [[electronics]] and [[semiconductor]] industry. In 1989, Andy Kessler joined [[Morgan Stanley]] as a semiconductor analyst before moving to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] in 1993. There he worked for [[Unterberg Harris]] as an [[investor]], until starting Velocity Capital with Fred Kittler. Currently he lives in [[California]] with his wife and four sons, named Kyle, Kurt, Ryan, and Brett. He also has a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Roxy. |
From 1980 to 1985, Kessler worked for [[AT&T Bell Labs]] as a chip designer and programmer. In 1985, he joined [[Paine Webber]] in New York as an [[industry analyst|analyst]] of the [[electronics]] and [[semiconductor]] industry. In 1989, Andy Kessler joined [[Morgan Stanley]] as a semiconductor analyst before moving to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] in 1993. There he worked for [[Unterberg Harris]] as an [[investor]], until starting Velocity Capital with Fred Kittler. Currently he lives in [[California]] with his wife and four sons, named Kyle, Kurt, Ryan, and Brett. Kurt is by far the most handsome and can crossover Austin Rivers. He also has a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Roxy. |
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Andy Kessler | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
Andy Kessler (born 1958)[1] is an American businessman, investor, and author of several books on business, technology, and the health field.
Andy Kessler has worked for about 20 years as a research anaylst, investment banker, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager.[2] He was also the Co-founder and President of Velocity Capital Management, an investment firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States where he turned US$100 million into US$1 billion between 1996 and 2001.[3]
He has written forThe Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, The Weekly Standard, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Spectator, Thestreet.com.[4]
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University (1980) and an MSEE from the University of Illinois (1981). He did his primary schooling from Bridgewater-Raritan High School East in New Jersey.[5]
From 1980 to 1985, Kessler worked for AT&T Bell Labs as a chip designer and programmer. In 1985, he joined Paine Webber in New York as an analyst of the electronics and semiconductor industry. In 1989, Andy Kessler joined Morgan Stanley as a semiconductor analyst before moving to San Francisco in 1993. There he worked for Unterberg Harris as an investor, until starting Velocity Capital with Fred Kittler. Currently he lives in California with his wife and four sons, named Kyle, Kurt, Ryan, and Brett. Kurt is by far the most handsome and can crossover Austin Rivers. He also has a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Roxy.
Writer
From January to March 2003, Kessler wrote and successfully self-published a book, Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape From the Stock Market Grinder, about working with Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, and Mary Meeker, after hearing that traditional publishing houses would take over a year to publish it.[6]
Kessler's 2010 novel Grumby takes him into the world of super-hackers. The book is notable among books by well-known authors for being released first on Kindle and then in hardcover. This allowed Kessler to include a fictional cause for the flash-crash, which occurred just prior to publication, in the plot.[7]
Among his many other writings, in an April 26, 2007 guest column in The New York Times, entitled "Trust Me", Kessler wrote in part: "There are plenty of things I don’t trust – like Wikipedia. I’ve watched my 15-year-old son and his friends take turns editing the page for the animated film 'Land Before Time,' flipping the gender of the character Littlefoot from he to she and back."[8][9]
Bibliography
- Eat People and Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs (2011) ISBN 1591843774
- Grumby: A Novel (2010) ISBN 098271632X
- The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (And Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor (New York Times Business Best Seller) (2006) ISBN 006113029X
- How We Got Here: A Silicon Valley and Wall Street Primer (A History of Technology and Markets) (2004) ISBN 0-9727832-2-9
- Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score (New York Times Best Seller) (2004) ISBN 0060740655
- Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder (Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Mary Meeker, Henry Blodget and Me) (2003) ISBN 0-06-059214-1
References
- ^ Andy Kessler
- ^ Kessler, Andy (2004). Wall Street meat : my narrow escape from the stock market grinder (1st HarperBusiness paperback ed. ed.). New York: HarperBusiness. ISBN 0060592141.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ "Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs". Wharton Club of Northern California. Wharton Club of Northern California. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ Kessler, Andy (2004). Wall Street meat : my narrow escape from the stock market grinder (1st HarperBusiness paperback ed. ed.). New York: HarperBusiness. ISBN 0060592141.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ "'Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs' with Andy Kessler". Wharton Club of Nothern California. Wharton Club of Nothern California.
- ^ Kessler, Andy. "Self-Publish And Be Damned? Not Always.", The Wall Street Journal Online, January 20, 2004. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- ^ http://blog.tomevslin.com/2010/11/grumby-kindle-and-the-flash-crash.html
- ^ Kessler, Andy. NYT: Trust Me, The New York Times, 2007-04-26. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Littlefoot&diff=125965913&oldid=122234312
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