Jared Dillian is the founder of the subscription-based, daily financial market report The Daily Dirtnap. He worked on the Pacific Options Exchange from 1999 to 2000, and was a trader for Lehman Brothers from 2001 to 2008, specializing in index arbitrage and ETF trading. Dillian is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. He lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Visit JaredDillian.com.
"[A] disturbingly candid memoir . . . the highly personal journal
of a poor kid who quit the U.S. Coast Guard to chase his dream of
becoming a trader. . . . His narrative crackles with authenticity .
. . the dominant tone is unsparingly confessional and even modest.
Dillian's snail's-eye view is what makes his book a valuable
companion to previous volumes on Lehman. . . . From hair-trigger
decisions to trashy banter, Dillian captures how the market feels
from inside the belly of a trading room. . . . [A] blunt and
sometimes hilarious account." "--Bloomberg "
"A bipolar math whiz [and] amusingly caustic writer whose new
memoir pulls no punches about a financial career that nearly cost
him both his sanity and his life." --Fortune.com
"A scathing critique of selfish, scrambling men so driven to earn a
buck that they lose all sight of the world beyond the tickers. . .
. Dillian hardly fit the mold of the rich, Northeastern
prep-schooler, and his outsider status served as a great attribute,
offering him a clearer view of an industry both morally and
economically bankrupt." --"Kirkus""Reviews"
"Always vivid, by turns hilarious and sad, this is an electrifying
memoir about not only money and madness, but the madness of money.
It left me wondering yet again about the shifting boundaries
between sanity and insanity." --Siri Hustvedt, author of "The
Summer Without Men"
"Thank God for the 3rd element, because if it wasn't for lithium
Jared Dillian might still be in the psych ward looking for his
shoelaces. Instead, we get "Street Freak", the best Wall Street
memoir in a bunch of years. This guy can really f***ing "write.
Street Freak "is more than just a great read, though. For anybody
who's ever gone off the rails, or thought they might, it's a
comforting reminder that there's always a way back." --John Rolfe,
coauthor of "Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street
Jungle"
"This revealing, personal memoir of a volatile period in the dual
lives of a big-time trader and the fallen American giant Lehman
Brothers is depicted in the fueled words of Dillian, a major figure
at the company. . . .Writ[ing] in a style that veers from gonzo
lucidity to precise trader chatter . . . Dillian offers a candid
look at the demise of a corporate behemoth." --"Publishers Weekly"
"[A] disturbingly candid memoir . . . the highly personal journal
of a poor kid who quit the U.S. Coast Guard to chase his dream of
becoming a trader. . . . His narrative crackles with authenticity .
. . the dominant tone is unsparingly confessional and even modest.
Dillian's snail's-eye view is what makes his book a valuable
companion to previous volumes on Lehman. . . . From hair-trigger
decisions to trashy banter, Dillian captures how the market feels
from inside the belly of a trading room. . . . [A] blunt and
sometimes hilarious account." "--Bloomberg "
"A bipolar math whiz [and] amusingly caustic writer whose new
memoir pulls no punches about a financial career that nearly cost
him both his sanity and his life." --Fortune.com
"A scathing critique of selfish, scrambling men so driven to earn a
buck that they lose all sight of the world beyond the tickers. . .
. Dillian hardly fit the mold of the rich, Northeastern
prep-schooler, and his outsider status served as a great attribute,
offering him a clearer view of an industry both morally and
economically bankrupt." --"Kirkus""Reviews"
"Always vivid, by turns hilarious and sad, this is an electrifying
memoir about not only money and madness, but the madness of money.
It left me wondering yet again about the shifting boundaries
between sanity and insanity." --Siri Hustvedt, author of "The
Summer Without Men"
"Thank God for the 3rd element, because if it wasn't for lithium
Jared Dillian might still be in the psych ward looking for his
shoelaces. Instead, we get "Street Freak", the best Wall Street
memoir in a bunch of years. This guy can really f***ing "write.
Street Freak "is more than just a great read, though. For anybody
who's ever gone off the rails, or thought they might, it's a
comforting reminder that there's always a way back." --John Rolfe,
coauthor of "Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street
Jungle"
"This revealing, personal memoir of a volatile period in the dual
lives of a big-time trader and the fallen American giant Lehman
Brothers is depicted in the fueled words of Dillian, a major figure
at the company. . . .Writ[ing] in a style that veers from gonzo
lucidity to precise trader chatter . . . Dillian offers a candid
look at the demise of a corporate behemoth." --"Publishers Weekly"
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