Ex-Morgan Stanley Bankers: "Strangers" How Much Belle Burden's Husband Was Actually Earning

About this episode

The episode explores the changes in Big Law partner compensation over the past decade and compares it to Wall Street earnings, using Belle Burden's husband as a case study.

Send us Fan Mail No one is talking about the insane thing that's happened to Big Law partner compensation over the past decade — and how it stacks up against Wall Street. In this deep dive we broke down EXACTLY what's going on. What started as an attempt to quantify how much Belle Burden's husband — from the cultural phenomenon Strangers — was actually earning during their marriage, after he left Davis Polk and landed at an equity long/short hedge fund, turned into a full-blown investigation:...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kristen, Jen

Topics covered

• Big Law compensation
• Wall Street earnings
• hedge funds
• financial investigation
• marriage earnings

Keywords

• Big Law
• Wall Street
• compensation
• hedge fund
• Belle Burden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgan Stanley, Davis Polk, Strangers, equity long/short hedge fund

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