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Jason Karp left the hedge-fund world in 2018 to go fully in on his healthy-foods business.
He tells Insider that top hedge-fund founders have since called to pick his brain on leaving. They want more purpose and . they can t admit it out loud because they re billionaires.
For Jason Karp, working in finance was rewarding. He made millions, won awards, and started a business that employed dozens of people.
But in 2018, after a couple of tough years at his hedge fund, Tourbillon, he left the only industry he d ever worked in to dive into a space that he now sees is his true passion: healthy foods.