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Banker Gladstone Paid Less Than Janitor Rises Arranging Futures
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When Jane Gladstone of Evercore Partners Inc. first attended the Futures Industry Association annual meeting in Boca Raton in 2002 she was the only investment banker there. To capitalize on the opportunity, she threw a dinner for about 20 people.
In the 11 years since, her Florida soiree has grown into the hottest ticket at the conference. In March, 30 leaders of the derivatives and trading world were invited to the Boca Museum of Art, where Gladstone, 44, sat between Jeffrey Sprecher, chief executive officer of IntercontinentalExchange Inc. who initiated the $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext, and Magnus Bocker, CEO of Singapore Exchange Ltd.