True tales of deviance, debauchery, and billiondollar deals. The tweets were so popular that the man behind the tweets, john lefevre, snagged a sixfigure book deal in january. Mar 06, 2014 goldman sachs elevator just lost its book deal published thu, mar 6 2014 5. John lefevre dished the dirt on the cutthroat, unfulfilling, absurdly selfimportant world of investment banking through his gselevator twitter account. They recently sat down for an interview with john lefevre. John lefervre it didnt take long for john lefevre the man behind the satirical twitter feed, goldman sachs elevator to get a new deal after simon and schuster dumped him. He went on to write a bestselling book, straight to hell, about his time in the trenches as a banker.
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