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Michael Marcus is a private investor and philanthropist. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University in 1969 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. After working as an analyst for Reynolds Securities and Shearson Hayden Stone on Wall Street, he was an independent floor trader on the New York Cotton Exchange. From there, he went on to become a trader for Commodities Corporation. In that role, his successful trading and his hire of Bruce Kovner was responsible for turning around the fortunes of Commodities Corporation. Michael went on to be the first executive vice president of Commodities Corporation which was bought by Goldman Sachs in 1997. The author, Jack Schwager decided to feature Mr. Marcus’ story as the first chapter in his best-selling, Market Wizards I: Interviews with Top Traders. | 