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#10 Alexander Lipton – The Pursuit of Knowledge
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Alex Lipton is a prominent figure in quant finance. He spent over 20 years on the sell-side, held a number of prestigious positions in academia and received the first quant of the year award by Risk.net. He is the CTO of fintech startup Silamoney that is seeking to revolutionise financial services through distributed ledge technology. In this episode, we discuss how Alex got into quant finance and raised though the ranks, how to identify and build teams, why he thinks that stable coins are a good alternative to fiat and some of the possible limitations to their adoption.
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Chapters
1. #10 Alexander Lipton – The Pursuit of Knowledge (00:00:00)
2. Background (00:01:28)
3. Studying in the USSR (00:02:19)
4. Shifting from academia to the industry (00:07:01)
5. Building and managing teams (00:14:26)
6. Creating a bootcamp of talent (00:18:08)
7. Definition of professional success and notable achievements (00:19:48)
8. Role of collaboration in science (00:29:55)
9. Stablecoins and why they are important (00:31:58)
10. Is the current system ready for change? (00:37:24)
11. Challenges in Digitisation (00:42:43)
12. Exciting tech innovations (00:48:20)
13. Advice to younger self (00:54:03)
19 episodes
Manage episode 269734414 series 2777592
Alex Lipton is a prominent figure in quant finance. He spent over 20 years on the sell-side, held a number of prestigious positions in academia and received the first quant of the year award by Risk.net. He is the CTO of fintech startup Silamoney that is seeking to revolutionise financial services through distributed ledge technology. In this episode, we discuss how Alex got into quant finance and raised though the ranks, how to identify and build teams, why he thinks that stable coins are a good alternative to fiat and some of the possible limitations to their adoption.
For links and more information see our episode show notes on our website.
We value your feedback and we would appreciate any suggestions for improvement. Please take our survey.
Chapters
1. #10 Alexander Lipton – The Pursuit of Knowledge (00:00:00)
2. Background (00:01:28)
3. Studying in the USSR (00:02:19)
4. Shifting from academia to the industry (00:07:01)
5. Building and managing teams (00:14:26)
6. Creating a bootcamp of talent (00:18:08)
7. Definition of professional success and notable achievements (00:19:48)
8. Role of collaboration in science (00:29:55)
9. Stablecoins and why they are important (00:31:58)
10. Is the current system ready for change? (00:37:24)
11. Challenges in Digitisation (00:42:43)
12. Exciting tech innovations (00:48:20)
13. Advice to younger self (00:54:03)
19 episodes
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