Paul Tudor Jones II was born in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1976 he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia. He was accepted to Harvard Business School in the 1980’s but he did not enroll. PTJ was a commodities broker for E. F. Hutton & Co between 1976-1980. PTJ was mentored by cotton trader Eli Tullis. Tullis was a representative for many of the largest cotton traders in the world. Tullis hired and taught PTJ how to trade cotton futures at the New York Cotton Exchange until he had to fire Jones for falling asleep at his trading desk after he had been out partying the night before. Paul ... (full story)