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Since joining Goldman as a financial analyst in the equity division in 2000, Prior -- whose IQ score of 238 puts him in the top 1% of the world's population -- has risen from performing basic research analysis and trading Euro Stoxx futures to running a $50m (£25m) group of European equities and derivatives.