When Dan Annan left BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, to join Aussie challenger BetaShares, it wasn’t the first time he’d taken a punt on a risky bet. And it won’t be the last.
After high school, the Ghana-born, New York-raised finance executive turned down athletics scholarships to big-name universities like Fordham and St John’s to enrol in a small liberal arts college on the Canadian border.
Aleks VickovichWealth editorAleks Vickovich leads the Financial Review's coverage of wealth management, specialising in the business and regulation of investment markets, financial advice and superannuation. Email Aleks at aleks.vickovich@afr.com
