Nelson Saiers is a ex-hedge fund manager who left a lucrative career in the banking industry to become a painter. "I'm walking away from a hedge fund with my name on the door... I mean, I want to be an artist."
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This man walked away from a $600M Wall Street hedge fund to chase his dream
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