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Turney Duff is the author of The New York Times Best Seller, The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess. Turney is a public speaker, journalist, and television personality. As a “B” student from Ohio University he became an unlikely Wall Street trader, and soon rose through the ranks. His career on Wall Street (1994-2009) spanned the fifteen most dramatic years in the history of finance, from his early years at Morgan Stanley to the infamous Galleon Group, then co-founded a billion dollar hedge fund. Turney earned over $10 million in his career and then lost it all, falling prey to the trappings of Wall Street: money, sex, drugs, alcohol and power. Now a cautionary tale, he speaks to audiences all over the world about the keys to achieving happiness and balance in spite of success. Turney is currently the Wall Street consultant for Showtime series Billions (2016) starring Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. In addition he is a regular contributor to CNBC.com, as well as a featured commentator on CNBC’s prime time television show The Filthy Rich Guide. He has also been a featured commentator on Fox Business, Bloomberg, Reuters, NBC Live, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Aljazeera, Leonard Lopate, Andy Dean, Elaine Charles, Judith Regan, Bloomberg Hays Report, Fran Tarkington Show, 30-city satellite radio tour, Biographile, Market Watch, and PBS Frontline.

Current position (3)

Author

New York Times Bestseller: The Buy Side

Wall Street Consultant

Billions (Showtime)

Contributor

CNBC

Degrees (1)

Journalism

Ohio University

1988 to 1992

Presentations

Presentations (5)

"An Insider's Look at Insider Trading"

In this keynote, Turney provides an Insider’s perspective on the landscape of Insider trading.

"The B Student's Guide to Success"

Turney was a B student with a 970 SAT and had to think creatively when he entered into the workforce. He took an unconventional path to achieve success and he shares how he did it.

"Getting Everything You Ever Wanted...Now What?"

Turney Duff was able to achieve success beyond his wildest dreams. He was able to navigate from a $22k a year sales assistant to a founding partner of a billion dollar hedge fund in less than three years. And then in the span of six years, he made $10 million. But it still wasn’t enough. Turney talks about the keys to achieving happiness in spite of success.

"Why You Should Work on Wall Street"

Turney believes there is no better education in the world. Regardless of what you end up doing later on in life; the knowledge and work ethic it takes to work on Wall Street will benefit anyone for their entire career. In this ultra-competitive environment for talent; young Wall Street and summer associates need to hear this.

"Addiction in the Workplace: Wealth, Drugs, and Alcohol"

How does a hard-working, trusted employee turn into a liability and disruption to a firm’s culture?
A.) Not understanding the need for a balanced life
B.) Placing success over morals and ethics
C.) A lack of health and wellness
D.) Instant and meteoric rise in wealth
E.) Addiction: Wealth, Drugs and Alcohol
If you ask Turney Duff he will say: Any or all of the above. At some point there was a shift in his career, small at first, but eventually he started deteriorating faster than he could lower his standards. But it could have been prevented through awareness, insight and a dialogue.