Bankers usually go quietly but Greg Smith resigned spectacularly this week as a Goldman Sachs executive with an open letter in the New York Times blasting the firm for its "toxic and destructive" environment.
In contrast with his career, the London-based financier said that one of his proudest moments was winning a bronze medal in table tennis for South Africa at the Maccabiah Games.
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