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by MagnumOpus 3935 days ago
It's a feasible strategy - there are thousands of entrepreneurs who did just that: do an MSc/PhD in Finance/Economics (or these days just any old STEM subject), join a bank's trading floor or a big investment company, put aside 2-3 million in 10-15 years - then get out of the rat race and create a start-up or become an angel investor.

Of course there's ten times more people who inherit a million or two of seed capital instead...