Ace Greenberg is the name on all the statements from Bear Stearns that Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai receive, but they have a hard time reaching him and are only able to get a comically brief meeting with him. Greenberg represents how unreachable the inner circle of Wall Street can be for outsiders, even outsiders as successful as Charlie and Jamie.
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Ace Greenberg Character Timeline in The Big Short
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Chapter 5
...they transfer their account to Bear Stearns, where their brokerage statements come back with “ Ace Greenberg ” at the top (a former CEO of Bear Stearns and a Wall Street legend).
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Despite multiple attempts to contact Ace Greenberg , the most Jamie and Charlie ever get is a 30-second meeting with him before...
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