One of the 'finest boys in finance' has left Goldman Sachs

When your name and face become infamous across the sector in which you work, it can be prudent to look for a change of scenery. Mason Clarke, an investment banker in the entertainment team at Goldman Sachs, became a bit too well known by his peers after a viral profile on him and other young finance professionals appeared in Interview Magazine earlier this year. The publication declared him one of the 'Finest Boys in Finance.' A few months on, he is in finance no more.

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Clarke has now joined football (soccer) club Inter Miami, moving to Miami for the role. He joins as an investments and development associate for the club and its multi-purpose venue, the Nu Stadium. Clarke spent the last two years at Goldman in New York after joining as a graduate. The circumstances of his departure are unclear, but his last day at the firm was the 20th of August according to his FINRA BrokerCheck profile. Goldman Sachs declined to comment.

Clarke was one of four young professionals profiled by Interview, and one of two to come from Goldman Sachs. The other, Clay Nelson, is an associate in its markets division and, according to FINRA, remains with the bank. There was some speculation that the pair would be sanctioned following the interviews; a Goldman spokesperson told the New York Post in March that their interviews were not cleared internally, but Nelson continuing at the firm suggests that the most they received was a slap on the wrist. 

Clarke is not the first of the Finest Boys in Finance to leave their job. Demarre Johnson, an AI analyst at PwC, left the consulting firm prior to the release of the profiles. You could argue that he wasn't technically in finance to begin with, but he has ironically entered the industry despite the backlash; he told us in June that he now works for a hedge fund. Johnson told us that he "became a name" on the street, was frequently approached by waves of "random finance bros" and was accosted by women trying to date him. It's unclear whether Clarke, who did not respond to a request for comment, had similar experiences.

When faced with that kind of infamy, taking a job outside of New York makes sense, and Miami seems like the obvious place to go given the efforts of Citadel and other hedge funds to make the city 'Wall Street South.' Clarke will presumably miss the "energy, hustle and grit" of New York. He presumably won't miss the rats.

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