[Post 1388] The ‘Lazy Guy’ Strategy That Made This Hedge Fund Founder Rich | WSJ The Money Interview

Summary

Bill Perkins, the founder of Skylar Capital Management, wagers in the notoriously boom-or-bust energy markets, while working on two startups, SkyFi and SynMax. But there’s nothing he seems quite as dedicated to as enjoying his life, and fortune. In his early days, the hedge-fund manager drove a limo for extra cash. He told us about the “rocket ships” that catapulted his career.

WSJ’s Gunjan Banerji sat down with Perkins for The WSJ Money Interview to learn about how he climbed the ranks of the trading world to start his own hedge fund. Have an idea for a future episode? Or a topic you'd love our next guest to weigh in on? Write to the host at gunjan.banerji@wsj.com and follow her here.