Mike Mayo, CFA, has spent 30 years as a bank analyst and is currently at Wells Fargo Securities. He is the author of Exile on Wall Street and a regular speaker and contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg, and other media. Among other accolades, he received the Daniel J. Forrestal III Leadership Award for Professional Ethics and Standards of Investment Practice from CFA Institute in 2013, and CNN/Fortune named him one of eight individuals to call the financial crisis.