Gary Stevenson became a millionaire at 25 and a multi-millionaire at 26 by going into trading.

The best-paid job for economics graduates when Gary Stevenson was at university (around 2006-2008) was working as a trader.

In the final round of the trading game, Gary Stevenson's score was negative, but he was still declared the winner because his 'warmup' scores were good and he 'backed himself' against a rigged game.

Gary Stevenson's trading mentor's line is 'Don't tell me your opinion, tell me your position'.

Gary Stevenson quit his job as a millionaire trader and returned to academia in 2017 to pursue a 2-year MPhil at Oxford, focusing on inequality's effect on interest rates.

Rory Stewart stated that Gary Stevenson is not a professional economist but a city trader who studied an undergraduate degree in economics.