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About Sam @SamPolk

Former hedge fund trader Sam Polk is the author of "For the Love of Money." He is the co-founder and CEO of Everytable, a social enterprise that sells fresh, delicious meals at prices everyone can afford, and the founder and executive director of Groceryships, a nonprofit that helps low-income families struggling with obesity.

Polk graduated from Columbia University in 2002 with a BA in English and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation. His writing has been published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post and CNBC.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their daughter.

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What’s wrong with Wall Street? A culture that breeds greed

"When I was on Wall Street, my entire life’s goal was to make more money than the next guy."…

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Column: A $3.6 million bonus and I still wanted more

Yesterday, I’d been planning to leave Wall Street; today, I was devastated because my enormous bonus wasn’t bigger.

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