As a young investment banker, you work on very complex merger situations or on some financing situation of company to create more value for shareholders.

168

I liked finance a lot, working on some important problems in dealing with senior business people in finance, and I concluded that it made sense to get an MBA if I wanted to pursue this career.

161

I decided that this was what I wanted to do and worked at Salomon Brothers for eight or nine years, then Morgan Stanley for a decade.

137

I thought that getting into finance would be a good way to explore many industries.

103