Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

Author Gary Sernovitz


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Gary Sernovitz is one of the funniest financial writers working today. His hilarious new novel The Counting House tells the story of a university’s Chief Investment Officer who is suffering a mid-life crisis. If you possess either an interest in finance or a robust / dark sense of humor, The Counting House will make you laugh and, at times, cry in empathy with the protagonist. Gary has spent the last 25 years observing how money works from inside Goldman Sachs and the private equity business, bringing a keen writer’s eye to the money business through two previous novels, a non-fiction account of the oil and gas industrial, and a bunch of essays in The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal. A Milwaukee native and longtime resident of New York, Gary now lives in New Orleans with his wife and daughter. See more about Gary and The Counting House here.


In this conversation, Gary and I discuss:

  • Investing with the constraints of a modern university stakeholders
  • Whether your performance is your identity
  • The state and cost of college 
  • Writing as a side hustle while working full-time in finance

  • See Paul live in comedy mode:

    • Austin, Jan 11 - Buy Tickets Here
    • San Francisco, Feb 22 -  Buy Tickets Here
    • Nashville, Feb 28 - Buy Tickets Here 

    • 🔥Learn and laugh by reading Paul’s Substack here. 🔥

      🚀 Follow Paul on Instagram here. 🚀

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