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The lower rated players on this list tend to be cofounders and CEOs while the higher rated players tend to work in finance. I wonder if that's a coincidence.
by lpolovets 14y ago
The lower rated players on this list tend to be cofounders and CEOs while the higher rated players tend to work in finance. I wonder if that's a coincidence.
- jlarocco 14y agoI don't think it's a coincidence. The blurb for Norman Weinstein says that after he was hired by Banker's Trust, "He was so successful that they kicked off a recruitment program for other strong chess players..." and then it lists a few people they recruited afterwards, with even higher scores. The connection between chess and finance/trading seems strange to me.
- 3JPLW 14y agoI think there's a selection effect at play. There are many more lower rated players, but fewer CEOs and cofounders. Remember that this list is about executives. As they go up the list, the pool of players narrows. And thus, they have to dig a bit farther down into corporate ranks to find their execs. However, the finance correlation would be unaffected by this effect.