Go Princeton: The Times on Raanan Agus

A wonderful, glowing story on a Princeton chum (and former congregant) Raanan Agus in today's Business NYT. Key quotes:

But while his predecessors have gone on to claim their greater renown, as well as wealth, Mr. Agus has done all in his power to keep a lid on his public profile. Mr. Agus declined several requests for an interview, and he asked his personal friends as well as his professional acquaintances outside of Goldman not to speak about him....

Of Mr. Agus, "he is a very private man," was all that Joseph H. Lookstein, the rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, an orthodox synagogue on the Upper East Side where Mr. Agus is a trustee, would say....

A Princeton graduate, with a joint law and business degree from Columbia, Mr. Agus, who is 39, also spent a year at Yeshivat Har Etzion, a large yeshiva in Israel where students engage in religious study. He joined Goldman in 1993 and by 2000 he had become partner, a rapid though not unprecedented ascent....

Described by all who know him as exceedingly modest, Mr. Agus’s choice of cars has become a standing joke on Goldman’s trading floor. The group he heads comprises 75 professionals.