Brittany Luce
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I'm Brittany Luce.
When you hear the phrase finance bro, what or who comes to mind?
Over the years, I've been noticing one particular archetype that has endured the test of time.
The finance bro.
You know, there's the big short, Wolf of Wall Street, and iconic characters like Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, American Psycho's Patrick Bateman.
High paying, high powered jobs, skyscraper corner offices, capitalism personified on the big screen or even the small screen.
Finance pro aesthetics have even permeated our social media trends.
I even think about the quarter zip movement, a trend that became popular in 2025 for young black men on TikTok looking to quote, upgrade their look as they joined the job market.
And then of course, there's our prestige TV diet, Mad Men, Billions, Succession, Mountainhead, and of course, my absolute personal favorite, Industry on HBO.
What's at the root of our love affair with the finance bro?