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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.

Jason Karp, Scarlett Johansson, and Steve Cohen

Karwai Tang/Getty; HumanCo; Point72; Shayanne Gal/Insider

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.

Here’s what pushed him into a career change.


From JPMorgan to SVB Leerink, here’s who’s poaching senior healthcare bankers amid a red-hot market for deals

Christopher Gartin _ Prianka Verma

LinkedIn/Deutsche Bank

With healthcare investment bankers in high demand, Insider has been tracking all of the big moves in the space. These are the latest moves.


A woman is suing former Apollo CEO Leon Black, saying he raped her, paid her $1 million, and falsely accused her of extortion

Leon Black

LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

Guzel Ganieva, a model and aspiring lawyer, says former Apollo CEO Leon Black raped her. Here’s what else she accused Black of in a new lawsuit.


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.

Anthony Noto SoFi

SoFi CEO Anthony Noto
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

SoFi’s CEO details why Tuesday’s debut on the public markets caps the end of a more than three-year journey for the executive. Here’s what else he said.


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 Headshot 2020

Briton Hill
Philip Macias

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.


Odd lots:

The Pied Piper of SPACs (New Yorker)

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

Wall Street’s Spac gravy train hits the buffers (Financial Times)

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