What’s Your Number to Quit Wall Street?

A few months after I finished writing my book The Buy Side and right before it was published, I called my friend Brian McDonald. Brian is an author who knows infinitely more than I do about the world of books, so whenever I have a question about writing or publishing, I call him. Plus, I’ve come to find that writers have to talk to other writers. Otherwise, we wind up so self-absorbed we can’t answer questions like, who’s the president of the United States.

“You know,” Brian said to me on the phone, “when you publish a book you’reautomatically considered an expert on the topic you wrote about.”

“Really?”

“Yup,” he said. “Especially by people who haven’t read the book.”

I had to think for a minute. “So I’m an expert on Wall Street, cocaine, insider trading, and escorts?”

“Sure are,” he said with a chuckle.

“And how to make and lose $10 million?”

“Uh-huh,” he said.

“And Golden Handcuffs.”

“What the heck are those?” he asked.

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CNBC’S “THE FILTHY RICH GUIDE” SERIES

PREMIERE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 at 10PM ET/PT

The series premiere of CNBC’s “THE FILTHY RICH GUIDE” will air on Wednesday, October 8 at 10PM ET/PT. The season consists of 5 thirty-minute episodes that will roll out over 4 weeks.

I had so much fun working on this show as a commentator in all five episodes. Everyone has been so great to work with. I’m very excited. It should be a fun show to watch. I hope you tune in.

“THE FILTHY RICH GUIDE” is a fun, fast-paced guide that catalogs the ways in which the .01 percent spend their money. The series is an insider look at a world where party never ends, the cash flow doesn’t stop, and the hi-tech toys are the biggest and most expensive in the world. From secret worlds, to outrageous mansions, to private islands, it’s the Filthy Rich Guide to the best that (a ridiculous amount of) money can buy.