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This West Point grad went from Wall Street equity research to the C-suite of public companies. Anthony Noto’s journey began in Poughkeepsie, where intensity shaped him early. At the United States Military Academy at West Point he became the highest ranked mechanical engineering major in his class while starring as a linebacker, earning All East and Academic All American honors. Military service followed, and then a pivot no one expected. As a brand manager at Kraft Foods he started business school at the University of Chicago before ultimately earning his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. That same year he joined Goldman Sachs as a technology equity research analyst and quickly became the highest ranked Internet industry analyst. By 2003 he rose to managing director. By 2004 he was a partner. In 2008 he stepped onto a national stage as CFO of the National Football League. When he left in 2010 he returned to Goldman Sachs as co head of the global media group, and by 2013 he served as the lead banker behind Twitter’s IPO. A planned move to Coatue Management in 2014 shifted when Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recruited him as Twitter’s CFO. By January 2018 he made another bold leap and became CEO of SoFi. He moved fast. In 2019 he secured a 20 year naming rights deal for SoFi Stadium, future host of Super Bowl LVI. In June 2021 he led SoFi’s public debut at an $8.65B valuation. Link in comment to unlock my free interactive database of world-class investor bios