Phoenix68
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"A person who worked at Mithril Capital Management in 2016 told the Wall Street Journal that in the year Vance was there, he never once saw him in the office. Another former colleague told the Journal that he remembered seeing Vance, but also that the newly acclaimed author spent a good deal of time promoting Hillbilly Elegy. Neither person could remember any significant deals Vance worked on while at Mithril, which is named after a fictional precious metal featured in J.R.R. Tolkien’s works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
“I don’t think he had a long enough career in venture to have demonstrated the successful VC narrative that’s being expressed,” David Hornik, a prominent VC and Democratic donor, told the Journal."
“I don’t think he had a long enough career in venture to have demonstrated the successful VC narrative that’s being expressed,” David Hornik, a prominent VC and Democratic donor, told the Journal."
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