Spoiler alert, if you like parody Twitter accounts without knowing the background behind them, turn away now.
Well, you read the headline anyway… The New York Times has unmasked the genius behind @GSElevator, a popular account that tweets gossip, opinions and anecdotes that are purportedly overheard in an elevator at Goldman Sachs to 625,000 followers.
#1: With your Visa card, you can win Super Bowl tickets for life. #2: With my Amex, I can buy Super Bowl tickets for life.
— GS Elevator Gossip (@GSElevator) January 31, 2014
The person landed a book deal thanks to his Twitter account, but he’s not a Goldman Sachs employee:
The author is a 34-year-old former bond executive who lives in Texas. His name is John Lefevre.
He had tried to remain anonymous, scrubbing the Internet of mentions of his name and pictures of himself on all but a handful of sites. Some people had already speculated that @GSElevator was not hanging around the halls of Goldman.
Upon being contacted late last week after several weeks of reporting uncovered his identity, he confirmed his alter ego. “Frankly, I’m surprised it has taken this long,” he said by phone. “I knew this day would come.”
➤ @GSElevator Tattletale Exposed (He Was Not in the Goldman Elevator) [New York Times]
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