Business imitating art

Inspiration for any would-be hedge fund managers unsure what to call their new companies: find a literary character you like and name it after them.

Nat Rothschild and Tim Barakett named the firm they founded a decade ago Atticus Capital, after Atticus Finch, a central figure in the Harper Lee 20th century novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

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110-Hour Workweeks Drove Young Bankers at a Boutique Firm to the Brink