Ed Tiedge Former artillery officer Ed Tiedge switched from mortgage trading to distilling Then: mortgage trader at Merrill Lynch and Sailfish Capital Partners Now: managing partner at StilltheOne spirit distillery

"The rule in the marines is that you always ensure the troops eat first but, in finance, the executives are first in line. That is probably what riled me most about Wall Street, though I certainly wasn't complaining much as the money was good.