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A mentor of mine sits on the board of a company that makes automated trading software (it's based on fractals, can execute 14k trades/second, crazy, fascinating stuff), and the money floating around out there that no one is really aware of is astounding. One of the other directors manages an enormous hedge fund in Europe. These guys keep really low profiles and live a life few are accustomed to.

If you're good at math and don't have a family, go into private equity. The highest paid fund manger last year (cashed a ~$1bn bonus) is a retired High School math teacher.

Food for thought.