> be Leopold Aschenbrenner
> enter Columbia at 15
> graduate valedictorian at 19
> join the FTX Future Fund
> meet your future wife there
> get fired by OpenAI
> publish a 165-page AI manifesto
> launch a fund with no track record
> build $45B in gross exposure
> return 1,551%
> lose 67% in one month
> sell a $16B portfolio before your wedding
> call it “the best day of my life”
He lost billions, found love and returned with another $400M before Wall Street finished writing his obituary