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1. On a related note: Want $20 million to work for the government? Just quit a Wall Street job first
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 09:52 AM
Dec 2014
Want $20 million to work for the government? Just quit a Wall Street job first

By Chris Frates, CNN
updated 3:13 PM EST, Thu December 4, 2014


Washington (CNN) -- If investment banker Antonio Weiss wins Senate confirmation as a Treasury under secretary, he'll walk away with a parting payment of up to $21 million.

Talk about a win-win.

The financial services firm Lazard, where Weiss is the global head of investment banking, has agreed to pay him about $16 million in unvested income early and give him between $1 million and $5 million in deferred compensation, according to financial disclosure records he filed with the government ethics office....


Full article:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/politics/antonio-weiss-bankers/

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