Instant Alert: Here are 32 of the best basketball players on Wall Street

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here are 32 of the best basketball players on Wall Street by Jonathan Marino on Nov 1, 2015, 1:33 PM Basketball season tipped off this week, and this year's NBA season offers plenty of compelling storylines for even the most casual fan. And even though most Wall Street executives affiliated with the NBA are best-known for being the owners of pro teams, there's another big tie-in between the finance sector and the hoops season. There are a lot of ex-athletes populating the halls of the biggest financial institutions out there.  Here is a list of 32 finance executives who played hoops at some of the top basketball programs in the US. If we're missing any big names, please send an email with a quick bio and photo to jmarino@businessinsider.com. Travis Hansen moved in to private equity after playing for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. After playing college ball at Utah Valley State College and Brigham Young University, Hansen was drafted No. 37 overall in the NBA draft and joined the Atlanta Hawks. He would go on to play basketball in professional European leagues before he retired in September 2011. He launched Tesani Capital in 2013. Jonathan Berger took his talents to the Windy City after Princeton. Jonathan Berger spent his college years until 2005 on the Princeton Tigers' basketball team. After school, he decamped to Chicago, where he became portfolio manager at Alyeska Investment Group, a $4 billion hedge fund. Melvis Langyintuo joined Goldman Sachs after graduating Skidmore College. Melvis Langyintuo was class president at Skidmore College in New York, and in his senior year he also factored in the Thoroughbreds' hoops lineup. Today, he's a global macro trader at Goldman Sachs, after stints at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. Speaking at Skidmore's commencement in 2012, Langyintuo said: "I feel that a statement by my college basketball coach Joe Burke, at the conclusion of my Skidmore athletic career, captures some important aspects of life’s experiences — especially the past four years at Skidmore College ... He said, 'All things inevitably come to an end ... the hardest thing in life is when great things come to an end.'" See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011