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Former Trader Turns High School Math Team Into Wall Street Pipeline

  • Will Frazer left finance to teach at Florida public school
  • One alum is at Citadel Securities, another at Canaan Partners
Will Frazer Source: Anjana Balachandar
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A former bond trader who called it quits at 28 has created a pipeline to the Ivy League and Wall Street’s top rungs from an unexpected place: A public high school in Gainesville, Florida.

One former math team alum is now a trader at Citadel Securities. Another became the youngest-ever partner at venture capital firm Canaan Partners. Scores of others also work in finance.