Team Spirit (film) Team Spirit (film) Team Spirit () is a 2016 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Based on the true life story of Jérôme Kerviel, a French trader who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion. Kerviel was born in 1977 in a small fishing town in Brittany. He and his brother were brought up simply by their hardworking parents who were devoted to each other. He earned a Master's degree in Finance. In 2000, the Société Générale recruits
William Eckhardt (trader) of rules (i.e. can trading be taught?). The experience was overwhelmingly successful with novice traders ending up making $100 million. Eckhardt, who believed trading could not be taught, had effectively lost his bet with Dennis. William Eckhardt (trader) William Eckhardt is a commodities and futures trader and fund manager. He began trading in 1974 after four years of doctoral research at the University of Chicago in mathematical logic. Eckhardt never finished his PhD in mathematics, claiming that he left graduate school for the trading pits after an unexpected change of thesis advisors. Despite leaving academia prematurely, Eckhardt has published several