Turney Duff

{{Short description|American businessperson}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

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| occupation = Businessman
author

| years_active = 1994–present

| known_for = The Buy Side

| notable_works = The Buy Side

| alma_mater = Ohio University

| website = {{URL|https://turneyduff.com/}}

| employer = {{ubl|Morgan Stanley|Galleon Group}}

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Turney Duff (born 1969) is an American businessman, author, and former trader.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-05/turney-duff-found-partying-had-subprime-effect-on-career|title=Turney Duff career|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=June 5, 2013 }} He is known for his book, The Buy Side.{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/5dfc402a-ebdd-11e3-8cef-00144feabdc0 | title=How fund managers spend your money | newspaper=Financial Times | date=June 6, 2014 }}

Biography

Duff was born in Cleveland, Ohio and then moved to Kennebunk, Maine.{{Cite web|url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/film-tv/articles/turney-duff-helps-billions|title=Turney Duff Helps Billions Keep Its Wall Street Cred|website=Cleveland Magazine}} He received his early education from the Kennebunk High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2013/03/07/turney-duff-from-kennebunk-to/49048474007/|title=Turney Duff: From Kennebunk to Wall Street|first=Shelley |last=Wigglesworth |date=March 7, 2013 |website=York County Coast Star}} He attended Ohio University, where he graduated in 1993 with a degree in journalism.

Duff began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994, where he started off as a sales assistant in the Private Wealth group.{{cite news | url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/film-tv/articles/turney-duff-helps-billions | title=Turney Duff Helps Billions Keep Its Wall Street Cred }}{{cite web | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/out-of-galleon-scandal-and-wall-st-excess-comes-a-book/ | title=Out of Galleon Scandal and Wall St. Excess, a Book|website=The New York Times| date=December 5, 2011}}

In 1999, he joined the Galleon Group where he worked as a health care trader for two years.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2015/12/20/fashion/20HEDGIE2.html|title=Fashion & Style|website=The New York Times}}

In 2001, he co-founded a billion-dollar hedge fund called Argus Partners.

From 2007 to 2009, he worked for J.L. Berkowitz which he left in 2009 to pursue a writing career.

In 2013, he published a memoir, The Buy Side.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-review-the-buy-side-by-turney-duff-9131968.html|title=Book review: The Buy Side by Turney Duff|date=February 16, 2014|website=The Independent}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/business/in-buy-side-a-wall-street-traders-crash-landing.html|title=A Trader's Crash Landing|first=Bryan|last=Burrough|date=June 1, 2013|website=The New York Times}} The memoir became a bestseller and was included in The New York Times bestseller list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2013/06/23/e-book-nonfiction/|title=E-Book Nonfiction – Books – June 23, 2013|work=The New York Times }} The memoir has been reviewed by multiple publications, including Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780770437152|title=The Buy Side by Turney Duff|date=June 4, 2013|website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/turney-duff/the-buy-side/|title=THE BUY SIDE|website=Kirkus Reviews}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/article_6ed01d8e-54aa-55ab-a10b-e0dab39099a3.html|title=Book Review: The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess|website=The Virginian-Pilot}}

In 2014, Duff was featured on PBS's Frontline: To Catch a Trader.{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/turney-duff-frontline-interview-2014-1|title=Frontline|first=Linette|last=Lopez|website=Business Insider}}

He is a regular commentator on CNBC's prime time show The Filthy Rich Guide, and was a consultant for Showtime's series Billions.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/turney-duff/ | title=Turney Duff | website=CNBC | date=March 31, 2014 }}

Bibliography

  • Duff, Turney (2013). The Buy Side

References