Chavez Says "God" Told Him To Work At Goldman, But Which God?

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Mark Melin
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Goldman Sachs Chief Technology Officer Martin Chavez has a significant commonality with other senior executives at the firm who believe that “god” spoke to them to do “god’s work.” The real question should be to which “god” was he referring? God speaks to Martin Chavez while cleaning toilets, says “go to Goldman Sachs” Chavez was speaking with Re/code’s Kara Swisher when he revealed that “God told me to go to Goldman Sachs.” The auspicious occasion in question took place when his technical mind was cleaning toilets at a northern New Mexico monastery.  Chavez had just been offered a position at the global…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.