Gestation: 12-13 months. Litter size: 1 foal. Zebra foals are born with brown and white stripes as opposed to black and white stripes. Mares generally keep all other zebras away for 2-3 days until her foal recognizes her by sight, voice and smell.
Viable candidates will have finance or business degrees, and maybe an advanced Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees for plum investment banking analyst posts, although financial services firms do recruit finance and business undergraduates from high-end schools for entry-level analyst positions.
An investment banker is typically a line job in the investment banking division. A financial engineer is typically a staff job in the sales & trading, or financial strategies, division. They provide valuable supporting input, but are typically not in charge.