According to the WSJ Fabrice Tourre is trying to get on with his life. Since he first emerged three years ago as the
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS +0.58% employee at the center of one of the most
bruising regulatory battles in the firm's history, Mr. Tourre has settled into
the cloistered world of academia. He is pursuing a doctorate in economics at
the University of
Chicago and working as a
teaching assistant.
The SEC sued Goldman and Mr. Tourre, then a vice president,
in April 2010, alleging they misled investors on a collateralized-debt obligation
called Abacus 2007-AC1 that produced big losses for investors and big gains for
hedge-fund firm Paulson & Co. Mr.
Tourre's emails formed a central part of the regulator's case and created a
sensation on Wall Street. The messages disclosed both a sense of humor—in one
email, he refers to himself as "the fabulous Fab"—and a keen
awareness of the looming crisis….
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