<p>To make billions of dollars in investment banking???</p>
<p>Hey,I can dream</p>
<p>Highly unlikely if you are working for someone else. If you want the real money (billions), you'll probably need to run your own business -- whether it's a private bank, hedge fund, or investment group.</p>
<p>What do you need billions of dollars for? Is there something you want to buy that you can't buy with a few hundred million?</p>
<p>Anyways, you CAN make billions in just about any business, if you start your own company and do well. Investment banking is no exception. Getting paid a billion is different though, unless you're a trader and get really, really lucky.</p>
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<p>Australia.</p>
<p>Karot-
I think a few hundred million is enough to buy an island.</p>
<p>Amendment.</p>
<p>Australia+Canada</p>
<p>lol. it always makes me laugh when americans don't even realize Canada is bigger than the US. </p>
<p>I've met some who think it's smaller than Texas.</p>
<p>Oh, I realize. But they have our maple syrup. Sweet, precious syrup.</p>
<p>Actually after spending some time in the US and reading American stuff, I think I understand why Americans think Canada is tiny.</p>
<p>Whenever a map of the US is shown, the curvature of the globe necessitates having a little bit of canada in any rectangular picture of America. So after seeing enough of these it might seem as though Canada really is just a narrow strip north of Montana, or a little wedge above New York.</p>