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niyad

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 04:46 PM Monday

scum lutnick and cantor fitzgerald. After reading about lutnick and 9/11, [View all]

I did a little digging, and have several questions to which I cannot seem to find the answers. He graduated from Haverford in 1982 with a B. A. in economics, went to work immediately for Cantor Fitzgerald, and in 1989 was named ceo? "meteoric rise" indeed! Then he manages to seize control of CF in 1996. How? And apparently his son is now ceo. (Is this the son he suddenly decided to take to his first day of kindergarden on 9/11, which was why he wasn't in his CF office that morning?)

The college has a very good reputation* (even though it did not admit women until 1980), but it not only gave us this scum, it also gave us alex karp, cofounder of palantir.

* An impressive list of alumni, including Dave Barry and Chevy Chase (Chevy did not graduate).

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