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Carrie Sun is a Chinese-born American writer. She is most known for her memoir Private Equity,[1] in which she documents her experience working as a personal assistant for Chase Coleman III, the founder of Tiger Global Management.[2][3]
Early life and education
editSun emigrated from China in 1990.[4] She has a dual degree in mathematics and finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated early.[5] She enrolled in a dual degree Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts program at the Wharton School and Lauder Institute at University of Pennsylvania but dropped out before completing the degrees.[6][7]
In December 2020, she married Christopher Cerrone, a Pulitzer Prize finalist musical composer.[7]
Career
editSun has worked as an analyst at Fidelity Investments and Two Sigma. [8] Eventually, she worked at Tiger Global as an assistant to the company's billionaire founder Chase Coleman.[4]
In February 2024, Sun published Private Equity as a criticism to workplace culture, writing about mental and physical health, leading to occupational burnout.[3]
Publications
edit| Year | Name | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Private Equity: A Memoir | ISBN 978-05-93654-99-6 |
References
edit- ^ CHAPPET, MARIE-CLAIRE (2024-03-01). "Carrie Sun on writing the work memoir of the year". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ White, Tiara. "From the lavish gifts to the flagrant waste: Here's what it's like to work for a billionaire hedge fund founder". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b Jenny, Zhang (15 February 2024). "Carrie Sun offers an inside look at being the right hand for a demanding billionaire". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b Wiener, Anna (2024-01-20). "Portrait of the Artist as an Office Drone". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Duff, Turney (2024-02-29). "Cocaine, Vegas, breakdowns – believe me, these Wall Street stories are true". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Liu, Rebecca (2024-02-29). "Private equity review – an insider's account of high finance". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b Mandell, Judy (18 December 2020). "Carrie Sun was a couple of weeks away from moving to Virginia, and then she met Christopher Cerrone at a concert in Manhattan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Hirsch, Lauren (10 February 2024). "On our radar: A memoir from inside one of Wall Street's top investment firms". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-03-11.