Steven Begleiter is a Managing Director of Flexpoint Ford. Prior to joining Flexpoint Ford in 2008, Steve was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. He is also a professional Poker player who claimed the 6th place in World Series of Poker 2009, winning $1.59M Show Notes:

• Culture at Bear Stearns
• The liquidity crisis that ended Bear Stearns
• Evolution of Financial Services
• Importance of having a ‘thesis’ for your investments
• The Rise of Private Equity
• Where is PE headed to?
• Investing lessons from a Poker career
• Role of luck in life and Poker
• Psychology at the poker table
• How micro-expressions can give your game away
• Historical perspective to the Russia-Ukraine crisis
• Importance of reading military history