Pavel Sokolovsky

rare tech banker

retail therapy · Feb 2026

Who is Michael Grimes?

He’s a tech investment banker. “He played hours of FarmVille before the Facebook IPO and actually worked as a driver before taking Uber public.” John Coogan argues Grimes is a rare tech banker who goes obsessively deep, and now he’s back at Morgan Stanley right as the IPO window is opening again. ~ learn more