Ex-Goldman Banker Channels the Hulk for Deals With Billionaires

Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital cultivates wealthy families.

Gerry Cardinale

Photographer: Griselda San Martin/Bloomberg
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The first thing visitors see after stepping off the elevator at Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners is a 10-foot-tall statue of the Incredible Hulk.

“My guys and gals are young,” the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner said with a grin. “The Hulk is there to remind them to be a little pissed-off, a little hungry and a little angry, in the midst of having $10 cappuccinos.”