Harvard Valedictorian + Basketball Captain, Goldman Sachs, Co-Founder of No More Names: Criminal Justice Reform – Chris Egi Atila TV 014

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Chris Egi (@chrisegi15) is the valedictorian of the Harvard University 2018 class and captain of the Men’s varsity basketball team. He is currently an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in the Special Situations Group - Private Capital Investing. He was also the captain of the Canadian Men's U-19 national basketball team. He is the founder of No More Names an organization committed to criminal justice reform and ending police Brutality.

In this episode we talk about how he got into Harvard University, why he is so passionate about criminal justice reform and ending police brutality. We also talked about how his father’s death impacted him, the importance of poetry and self-reflection and much more.

Timestamp

• What were you like at 16? - 1:45
• What was it like Playing with future NBA first overall draft pick Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell - 7:00
• The similarities between Chris and Barack Obama - 19:03
  
• “I actually didn’t want to go to Harvard at first” - 26:35
  
• Chris’ advice on how to get into Harvard and other Ivy League Schools - 30:40
  
• If you are so passionate about criminal justice and social equality why are you working for corporate America instead of social justice - 1:08:40
  
• “Why do we need events specifically for promoting marginalized groups? Shouldn’t we be more meritocratic?” - 55:50
  
• How did you get the jobs at Bain and Goldman Sachs - 1:12:15
  
• “If you had focused more on basketball, do you think you could have made the NBA?” - 1:15:50
  
• The story behind how Chris became the Harvard valedictorian and the inspiration for his speech - 1:17:50
  
• Why did Chris Start No More Names and why he’s so passionate about ending police brutality - 1:22:50
  
• Do you ever get any criticism from people since police brutality is such a controversial topic - 1:29:40
  
• Losing His Father and how it Changed his Life - 1:32:22
  
• Why Chris Started writing poetry and the favorite poems he’s written - 1:37:05

📺Full interview and video: https://atila.ca/blog/tomiwa/harvard-valedictorian-basketball-captain-goldman-sachs-co-founder-of-no-more-names-criminal-justice-reform-chris-egi-atila-tv-014/

📺 Watch on Youtube: https://bit.ly/atila-tv-chris-egi-youtube-2

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/atila-tv-chris-egi-spotify

🎧 Listen on iTunes https://bit.ly/atila-tv-chris-egi-itunes

No More Names - 10,000 voices: https://10000voices.nomorenames.co

Finding Michael Brown at Harvard, Article by Chris Egi: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/basketball-christopher-egi-michael-brown-harvard