Thomas Sandell is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 investment banker

Investment banking

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 currently living in New York City

New York City

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, USA.

As a Swedish badminton

Badminton

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 prodigy, he attended Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 where he got his B.A. Spent 2 years in Paris

Paris

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 covering European stocks

Stock

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 for Atlantic Finance. Then earned M.B.A at Columbia University

Columbia University

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. Joined Bear Stearns

Bear Stearns

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 in 1988, was colleague of famed investment banker Ace Greenberg. In 1998, Thomas set up a hedge fund Sandell Asset Management Corp. with its headquarters in New York. Its business focus on global risk arbitrage, equity special situations and credit opportunities. Thomas is the tenth richest person in Sweden, according to Forbes

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magazine, with an estimated net worth

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 of around US$

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1.1 billion.