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Dave Liu is a seasoned veteran of Wall Street where he worked for almost 25 years. He started his investment banking career working for Goldman Sachs and then joined the fledgling investment bank Jefferies when it had less than 200 employees. Today, Jefferies is a multi-billion-dollar public company and one of the world's leading investment banks. During his 25-year career at Jefferies, Dave progressed from the proverbial janitor level of analyst to managing director, co-running all digital media and Internet investment banking activities.

As one of the firm's only managing directors of color, and among its youngest, Dave successfully rose the ranks by not only working his ass off, but also playing the corporate game. He has managed, mentored, and trained hundreds of bankers, many of whom have gone on to some of the best business schools in the world or achieved great career success on Main Street and Wall Street. He has completed over $15 billion of transactions for hundreds of companies, including IBM, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Yahoo!, and Yelp.

After retiring from Wall Street in his early 40s, Dave became an entrepreneur, starting four companies, and an active investor. He has helped many multi-billion-dollar companies, including Internet Brands/WebMD, a technology company; Vobile, a video software company; and MobilityWare, one of the world's largest mobile gaming companies. He is involved with Capacity, an artificial intelligence platform; Stampede, a film production company; TEG Live, a Grammy Award–winning and Tony Award–winning live production company; and Philz Coffee, an iconic coffee retailer. He was also CEO advisor to ProSiebenSat.1 Media, one of the largest media companies in Europe.

Dave is also a perspiring artist and writer who is learning how to draw and write “funny.” He studied creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Sundance Institute, and The Second City. He publishes a career advice column called Breaking Bamboo and a cartoon series called The ABC Life.

Dave completed the Management & Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a bachelor of science in systems science and engineering (with concentrations in manufacturing and robotics) and a bachelor of science in economics (with a concentration in finance) from the Wharton School. He graduated with great honors and was inducted into the national engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi. Dave also attended Harvard Business School where he received his master's degree in business administration.

Dave is active in philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Management & Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania and on the Trust Advisory Committee of Tau Beta Pi. His family supports many charitable initiatives helping women of color, children with disabilities, and other disadvantaged communities. Net proceeds from this book will go toward charities helping children born with clefts, Asian Americans, and other disadvantaged groups.

Follow Dave on his website, www.liucrative.com.

Adam Snyder, since working as a congressional press secretary, has been a freelance writer for decades, authoring or co-authoring more than a dozen nonfiction books focusing on such diverse topics as real estate, business leadership, and Buddhism. He is currently working on a novel revolving around the descendants of H. G. Wells. Adam is also the president of the Oscar-winning animation company Rembrandt Films and lives everywhere with his filmmaker wife, Pat. They have two children, a son-in-law, and a granddaughter.