Calling Aleksey Vayner’s Bluff
From: DMCA Complaints <copyright_counternotice@youtube.com>
To: ivygate <ivygate@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Video Rejected: Copyright InfringementDear Member:
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Aleksey Vayner claiming that this material is infringing:
IvyGate: Worst Resume Ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRZgmc3RyQ
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Sincerely,
YouTube, Inc.
Oh, it's on.
Anticipating a move like this, we had a conference call today with counsel from the Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Va., a truly wonderful organization that dispenses pro bono legal advice to college journalists (and, uh, us). We're confident that we have a valid fair use claim to Aleksey's video -- but formally contesting YouTube's action would just take too long. So here's what we're going to do.
We've posted the clip to Veoh, and just in case they remove it too, you can access it directly here, on our own servers.
We saw Aleksey's first cease and "disist," and we're not scared. Mr. Vayner? Mr. ron706@aol.com, Esq.? Bring it, sirs.
UPDATE: Turns out that serving up the enormous video file blew the roof off our server. We'll let Veoh host for now, and re-host it if they take it down.
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October 10th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
To be fair, the relevant question is not merely if you are legally in the right (which is, to my understanding, might depend upon you arguing that this use is in the public interest, which I think it is (because our boy Alex is being exposed as the cheat, liar, and so forth that he is in part due to the video), but which may not be a trivial argument to make), but if you’re willing to fight for it.
I’m glad you are. I’m not sure I would be.
That is, assuming he actually is capable of suing you.
Which is probably isn’t.
So nevermind.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
I am crying right now. Thank you Alexsey for teaching me to believe in myself and to break bricks down the middle.
October 10th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
I’m having trouble believing that such a character exists, and that he went to Yale. Are we gonna find out tomorrow that Aleksey is neither a real person nor a student at Yale, and that this was all some well-orchestrated internet hoax like Lonleygirl15?
October 10th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
He goes to Yale, at least for the time being: http://scripts.its.yale.edu/cgi-bin/ph/directory.yale.edu?Query=vayner+return+all
October 10th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Why does Yale’s directory have the category ‘Type: Person’ in it?? What other types are there on this?
October 10th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
I’m not sure if someone else already noticed this, but he actually stole the title of his little movie from a 2004 ad campaign by Adidas.
Link: http://www.adidas-group.com/en/news/archive/2004/2004_02_05.asp
October 11th, 2006 at 10:22 am
Mad props to IvyGate for not kowtowing to a baseless (and plagiarized, no less) legal threat from an egomaniac. If it were me, I’d be afraid that Aleksey would kill me with his bare hands like he did to those 24 poor guys in the caves of Tibet or call his Russian Mafia/CIA buddies, but I’m sure you guys have wicked hardcore Sub-Zero Lin Kuei decoy skills to take it this far.
And mad props again to IvyGate for knowing when to stop, as related in the Cornell Daily Sun (http://www.cornellsun.com/node/18847) for knowing when to stop with the personal information. Too many bloggers don’t know the fine line between a well deserved public chastisement and harassment. IvyGate stuck to the main problems, the fraudulent angles (the fake investment firm, charity, and book). These were all publically available and ethically (if not legally) questionable activities; everything else is icing on the layercake.
Not everyone knows where to stop here. I saw on another thread that some commenters called for the name of the UBS employee who released the resume or the names of other firms that may have involved with Vanely’s venture. I hope it goes no further: journalists need to protect their confidential sources and victims of a scam don’t deserve to be humiliated. IvyGate’s coverage of this debacle is an example of excellent blog coverage in a specialized niche – it’s thoroughly informative but ethical and above all entertaining.
October 11th, 2006 at 11:01 am
OMG! Here’s a cached article from the Yale Daily News of Oct 11, 2004
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:_DvNOBfwsWwJ:https://www.yaledailynews.com/articlefunctions/Printerfriendly.asp%3FAID%3D26636+%22aleksey+garber%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=11
Apparently a person fell from the bldg where our ‘hero’ lives. “He was behind the window of my apartment” states our courageous little man….
This guy totally reminds me of my ex! Pathological!
B!
October 11th, 2006 at 11:05 am
His video is back on YouTube thanks to a fat fingered contributor who misspelled his name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNg3KH-1RD4
October 11th, 2006 at 11:17 am
I think this guy should leave the country and go into the european porn business, he looks just like Rocco Siffredi!!!
October 11th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
I once got in a fist fight with Aleksey Veyner. I lost.
October 11th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
this morning the biggest free newspapr in london published this story. it was probably read by more than 100,000 people. Lucy Gao II
October 11th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
I’m wondering if his connections to the mafia had anything to do with that man falling from his apartment building in ‘04. Check http://yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=26636
In this article he’s listed as Aleksey Garber ‘07
October 11th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
This guy is such a moron. I am myself in Tae Kwon Do. So I would like to know how the bricks break perfectly in the middle. And the nice creases on the Gee. Whatever. But if this is a ploy for popularity, he has won us all over. Love him or Hate him, we are talking about him.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
I love the fact that in his paper he seems to think that vega is a Greek letter. I am sure that he is very clear on the mathematics underlying his paper, though. That slip of the Greek couldn’t be due to his not knowing the first thing about what he is saying.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
My god, that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. This guy has KILLED his career! Hahaha… It must be absolutely a pain in the ass just to be in the same room with him.
October 11th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
First, Eugene Plotkin . . . and now Aleksey Vayner. Look what got released once the Commis lost their grip over these people!
October 11th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Could you please investigate how he got into Yale? I am pretty sure you would uncover much more!
October 11th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
I must say that it’s rather uncouth to post his email address publicly.
October 11th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
I played him in tennis once. I couldn’t keep up with his 140 mph serve and his blazing backhand…he beat me 1 and 0
October 11th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
his Yale application would be a great read (or did he do a video for that as well?)
October 11th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Looking for people who helped him put together his video, I couldn’t find any entries for Steven Luong or Dave Schiliro on the net. But I found Dave Schirillo doing a musical video on http://www.revver.com/view.php?id=51394
October 11th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
The guy listed on the video as “Primary Spotter” is Marlon Smith, which I believe has this page: http://www.successbychoice.com/2002/who_is_marlon_smith2.html. He calls himself a mentor and a high-tech motivator.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
I went to Yale (just graduated, class of ‘06). I was in English class with Aleksy freshman year. Funny that, since I just graduated and he is now the class of 2007. I just spoke to my friend and it turns out that Aleksy apparently failed out at the end of sophmore year (and hence now is a senior). But I thought that failure is not an option, and impossible is nothing?
October 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
The woman listed as Human Resources Director at his fake charity is Larkin Plaeger-McCollum, who also appears on several websites as a dancer on the same competitions Alexey participates.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Take a quick look (before Aleksys erases it) on his profile at Cute Girls Only. http://www.cutegirlsonly.com/profile.php?id=3106 .
He is listed as bisexual, and has just purchased a sail boat!
October 11th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Maybe he just wants to become the new Chuck Norris legend? This made me think of that, from the Yale Daily News:
“Among the claims she said she has heard is one that Vayner is one of four people in the state of Connecticut qualified to handle nuclear waste.”
Aleksys Vayner once had a heart attack. His heart lost.
October 11th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
I prefer “Don’t dream it, be it.” — Frank N. Furter
Also, “Take your passion and make it happen.” — Irene Cara
But Survivor gives us the deepest insights into human success: “It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watchin’ us all in the eye of the tiger”
Please send me my pre-approved Yale application. Thanks in advance.
October 11th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
This guy’s carrier is done. How could he ever be a team player (required by any top job)? I ll take some bets: Gym personal trainer, or burger flipper at Wendy’s ? PS: to those who are not in ivy league schools – this kind of guy is almost non existant at ivies, this guy is a disgrace and a shame.
October 11th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
I love these Borat videos; oh, crap, not Borat? I totally thought the stiff delivery was meant as a parody.
In that case, could the video application be covering up an inability to read and spell?
And why hasn’t some clever non-Karate, non-dancin’ humorist not re-dubbed this, a la “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?”
October 11th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Reminds me of Christian Bale’s character in American Psycho.
October 11th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
What about Hans Zimmer’s copyright? Somebody call RIAA/MPAA!
October 11th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
I see where the producers of The Office found their muse.
Aleksey IS “Dwight K. Schrute.”
October 11th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
I think I just pooped a little, this guy is ridiculous. What’s more ridiculous is that I gave five minutes to watch his crotch move up and down to lift the “impooossssible” weights. Fuck him.
October 11th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Hey, I think the Wawa near me needs a night shift manager! Quick, call Aleksey!
October 11th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
Patrick Bateman? Is that you?
October 11th, 2006 at 8:18 pm
What a tool!
October 11th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
this may have been mentioned b4, but did anyone actually notice him standing next to the bricks he supposedly chopped? All I saw was a closeup of some guys feet that chopped the bricks then a cut to Aleksey standing in front of a wall. I doubt he broke them himself.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
I can’t believe Yale gave this guy a degree. This is a substantial hit to Yale’s respectability. I knew it was supposed to be a relatively easy school, but I can’t believe someone like this could go through four years of school without ever cheating in class and being found out.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Awwww. I just started to feel bad for the guy. He obviously didn’t know what he was getting into. But wait. He called most people “losers”. All right, screw him.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
He’s bisexual!! And he just bought a sailboat, according to this profile on the following website
http://www.cutegirlsonly.com/profile.php?id=3106
This gets better and better.
October 11th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
Aleks healthy lack of ethics and shall we say creative fact massaging should guarantee him a distinguished career in Wall Street.
October 11th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
i knew him when he was aleksey garber. still no clear explanation for what prompted the name change. not that this in anyway excuses him (because i have been questioning him ever since i saw his sketchy website and my friend and i tried to apply for jobs at the firm only to get emails back saying “we’re not hiring right now” riiight) but i do believe he had a very difficult past and this might be his way of coping. i just hope that one day he can operate without name-dropping or inventing his life.
October 12th, 2006 at 12:52 am
who gives a shit if he’s had “a very difficult past”? the fact is that he’s engaged in possibly illegal (and definitely unethical) behavior, and there’s no excuse for that.
October 12th, 2006 at 3:33 am
I think he is strong, perseverant and goal driven: things that ~I admire in a person. Most reactions here, including the webmaster’s to me are weak, cynical and jealous. My 2€ go to Aleksey.
October 12th, 2006 at 5:46 am
The mind is a powerfull thing. If some of you also read the books of Anthony Robbins you will understand him. And the man already prove himself!!! Now it is our turn, do something with your life. Live it! And don’t forget if you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always had.
October 12th, 2006 at 6:48 am
Thomas,
He lied about everything and created a fake charity, book, and investment firm in order to scam people out of money. Are these things you admire?
October 12th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Saw the article in the Metro yesterday & had to check out the video.
What a knob!
October 12th, 2006 at 7:56 am
This guy is a genius, look at the publicity and media attention he has received. Will make any comedy script writer proud. If he thought that his video and CV was believable or if anybody thinks it is anything other than a joke and has actually researched the material, thats anoother joke. Damn, I am even writing a blog about it, veryvery good Aleks!!!
October 12th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Imagine just for one moment that this video/cv etc was a prank played on Aleks, now that is pure gold!
October 12th, 2006 at 8:50 am
From MarketWatch:
Possible is something
October 12th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Link to Story
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B2F452B47%2D99D9%2D41C1%2D8E3B%2D8BBFD1F81799%7D&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo
October 12th, 2006 at 9:23 am
If this was all a hoax, I doubt he would have sent it off to the banks. Unless he never really had an aspirations to work on Wall Street.
October 12th, 2006 at 9:28 am
thought you all might enjoy this game similar to the chuck norris random fact generator: http://www.wentsul.com/quotes
October 12th, 2006 at 9:35 am
I’ve worked with Hans Zimmer, whose music this idiot has used in his end credits, and have asked him to check if permission was sought. I’d be interested to see if we can include copyright infringement in his gargantuan list of transgressions. What an absolute tool.
October 12th, 2006 at 10:18 am
Why, Alexsey…why??? I am rolling in my grave!*roll* *roll*
October 12th, 2006 at 11:02 am
Current Yale student here… Aleksey Vayner is infamous around campus – he’s claimed to have beaten Serena (or was it Venus) Williams in tennis, he said that he was hired by the CIA to hack their computer systems, etc… Some people on the Yale crew team sometimes lift in the gym at the same time as him, and they say that he actually CAN lift 400+ lbs on a benchpress. However, he’s probably on steroids. Tennis players are laughing at his claim of 140mph serves. Most people know that he’s a pathological liar but otherwise okay to hang out with. However, since the since the scandal broke, more than 100 yalies have “defriended” him on facebook.com. I guess no one wants to be associated with a pathological liar.
On a related note, I would bet dollars to donuts that he lied on his college apps, and if I had my way, I’d have a formal investigation. At the very least, he should be punished for massive fabrication (some say that he already was suspended for plagarism once.)
My 2 cents.
October 12th, 2006 at 11:08 am
ha@ benching that much weight. suuuure you are benching it..with 3 spotters obviously supporting a large portion of it.
next time do it right, lift it by yourself with a spotter standing nearby in case you need help, dont count on their help to make it look more impressive.
October 12th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Keep in mind Aleksey is probably banging that dancer chick and ignoring you.
This is why the world is so fucked up. There are so many retarded bitches that complain about people that go out and do shit with their lives. WTF kind of website is this? Clean the sand out of your collective puss.
October 12th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Wonder if he’ll be successful at committing suicide?
October 12th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Thats what I’m waiting to see, the bullshiter kills himself …(hahahahahah!!)…. and then all these turds on here defending a guy who…
1.lies more than any political figure in history
2. has defrauded people out of money with a FAKE investing company and a FAKE charity
3. has made Yale and its admision process a joke
(the list could definatly go one)
will blame us!
Alesky…kill yourself…please…but in your note (please please leave one…and post it on the internet)…please be sure to explain that you did it cuz you were disgusted with yourself and not because the rest of us thought you were a pathetic jackass
October 12th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Thats what I’m waiting to see, the bullshiter kills himself …(hahahahahah!!)…. and then all these turds on here defending a guy who…
1.lies more than any political figure in history
2. has defrauded people out of money with a FAKE investing company and a FAKE charity
3. has made Yale and its admision process a joke
(the list could definatly go one)
will blame us!
Alesky…kill yourself…please…but in your note (please please leave one…and post it on the internet)…please be sure to explain that you did it cuz you were disgusted with yourself and not because the rest of us thought you were a pathetic jackass
October 12th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
http://www.myspace.com/alekseyvayner
October 12th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Eikel
October 12th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
LOL, this was too funny…it was all over the UK newspapers..read below
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=20878&in_page_id=2
October 12th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Well, at least we know he has 1 more female friend that anyone here does, i mean, its just as sad slagging the guy than it is doing what he done, i think if he’s short on friends he knows where to come,
October 12th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Poor man.
October 12th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
Is this a joke? I mean seriously, is there really someone who thinks like that?
October 12th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
what a douchebag!
October 12th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
finally, the t shirts are out!
http://www.cafepress.com/nycbuzz
October 13th, 2006 at 3:10 am
I believe he’s Chuck Norris’s twin coming back form the Einstein’s space test
October 13th, 2006 at 6:20 am
First George W Bush, now this guy. I wonder how many other morons who are completely out of touch with reality have come out of Yale…
October 13th, 2006 at 7:59 am
an idiot!
October 13th, 2006 at 8:39 am
From Italy:
the news was on # 1 Italy’s newspaper: Corriere della Sera
check http://www.corriere.it
Not a good ad for Yale!
CIAO
October 13th, 2006 at 8:40 am
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/10_Ottobre/12/yale.shtml
October 13th, 2006 at 9:41 am
ma non dormi mai?
October 13th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Now I watched this with no sound…which is probably to my benefit as I would lose fewer braincells that way. Anyway…I like the comment on the bricks cause you never actually see that it’s him…just that it is someone breaking the bricks.
And did we notice the shots when he was playing tennis….you never actually see that he was playing someone else. All those balls look like they were just bounced over the net to him to hit.
What a waste of space.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Ma vaffanculo, imbecille!
October 13th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
This chap is fantastic, gosh he must be an incredible ball buster, throwing balls at 124mph is not for the everyday man. He must have been hired by a competing Ivy League University to wipe out Yale from the face of New Haven. Is he of Russian ancestry? What is the Russian word for moron?
Aleksey we love you.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Poveretto, mi fa molta pena… come potremo aiutarlo, forse un lavoro in una miniera di carbone o a mungere mucche in campagna potrebbe fargli bene….
October 13th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
The Russian word for moron is “durák” (Дурак), but for Aleksey duroëb (Дуроёб ) is more appropriate.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Breaking bricks that are hollow is a trick, maybe Gov. Arnold in Cali is missing his nephew, I hope the male version of what the bleep would be better than this, but if Arnold can be Gov, what will Aleksey grow up to be?
October 13th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
This guy is a tool.
October 13th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
bravo! i actually thought this was some sort of hyperbole by someone with an awesome sense of humour.. but to find out it’s real… what gold! to be serious though… i wish this kind of collective effort went into exposing corporate corruption
October 13th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Alexei,
You silly, silly pile of dung…
ok…we’ve got you on here talking shit…now explain yourself….
explain the charity
explain the investment firm
explain the cia bit, the mafia crap, the nuke wast crap, the dead guys in the caves in tibet, the Dali Lama, teh 495lbs bench (i lift, alot you weak fuck..i watched you struggle with 140lbs bells, never actually pressing them clean, never completing a full rep…yet you want me to believe 495? I want to see it CLEAN…I’ll let you get a lift off from 1 spotter, and allow 2 spotters hands off…but I want to see the bar come down to a stationary chest with a pause…and a clean press with a lockout…when you can give us that…and make sure we see your dishonest little face…you can say you press 495….but hey if you actually measure your strength with a bench press…you are a loser…can I hear about your…
1. deadlift
2. squat
3. Clean/press
4. 3 mile run time
Im sure that all those numbers are simply amazing
(deadlift…I’ll bet he claims 6 plates, (12 total) =’s 585lbs in reality he could not pull 315 for more than 5 reps and 405 he could not get up more than 1 time
Squat (he will claim 600+ and yes.. I bet you can see him in the gym with 400+ lbs on the squat rack…doing some form of weird standing knee bend moving up and down a total of 3 inches
clean/press (forget it…he does not do them…he uses a bench press to impress people, but with that frame…. he could not get 135 up to save his life)
3 mile run…not that he would have the intestinal fortitude to complete it…but I’mm guessing a solid 25 min
oh fuck it why bother.
Shithead I know you…and men world wide know you as well…a silly little turd of a boy who knows he lacks true character, ability, and integrity, so you lie…you lie so much you believe most of the crap you sell yourself. Your real life and abilitys are nothing to rave about so you lie, you make up fantastic things, you do this to feel superior, to feel alive, when the truth is you have done nothing gone no-were, been no-one, and never will. you claim to be so strong both physically and mentally, when the truth is that when really tested, you will fail, not because you “can not” do the task at hand, but because you lack what it takes to actually strive to acheive anything, you have no heart, no passion, and no damm guts.
Even now as you sit reading this you are not taking the words to heart…you are looking for ways to slam what is written here, and above all appear to be something special, something amazing, something we mere mortals cant totally understand.
insted do this…apologize for being a shithead…blame it on a mental condition you are seaking to heal
make restitution to those you have defrauded, through your bullshit charity, healing injuries with shark piss, wild Yak spooge and whatever phony bullshit you have tried, and any of the other countless lies you have tried for personal gain
and last (this is the biggy that will really suck ass) apologize to the ones you have hurt, embarrased and disapointed.
once you have done that…go out, find a stranger….and start a conversation….talk with them for 10 min and dont say a fuckin thing about yourself…find out about them, and then…if they ask….tell them about you…and tell the complete honest truth
and when you hear how pathetic and sad the truth really is…purchase a small pistol from a local drug dealer…you should not spend more than $100, buy 1 small box of the correct ammo for the weapon (hollow points are best here, wadcutters will work well, and no need for mag rnds) load the weapon, place the buisness end against the base of your skull pointing up through your head at your forehead
pull the trigger and turn your sick mind into a fine pink mist
(if you could figure out a way to castrate yourself and completly prevent your seed from ever polluting this world in case you fuck this up…that would make alot of us feel alot safer too…thanks)
October 14th, 2006 at 2:09 am
Someone clearly needs to take his tennis, weight lifting, and karate skills scenes and dub in a light saber like the fat kid. That would seal the deal for making this guy a viral legend. what a tool! He’s like Drago from Rocky 4, except bisexual and lame.
October 14th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Argentina, Buenos Aires.
This travel so fast it´s amazing. I am in Buenos Aires and I just heard this news. Even more it is well known that Carlo, the once´s Filipino Pregnant man is actually carrying Alexsay´s unborn child. I work for a TV media, and all the channels similar to BBC an CNN are trying to contact this person for a 20 minutes air talk and the manager offers a 30 000 u$s dollars for the exclusive!!! My god it´s more expensive than a “video night” with Paris Hilton, or a shop tour with Becks skinny ass wife. This must be a great way of pick up some chicks on the weekend..well chicks guys whatever, imaging that you have a hot date, and somebody pops the question…What do yo do….?
You just answer well…check my video CV and all the coverage that I have world wide. That is a great panty pealer.
For the closure I would like to say in Words of perhaps one´s of the best minds of this century, MAthama Minuhin.
“Al que madruga Dios no lo ayuda, porque El se levanta al mediodia”
Ciao
October 14th, 2006 at 11:33 am
ahahahahhahahaahhhahah sei un coglioneeeee!
October 14th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
concordo con il post precedente. Sei proprio un coglione
October 14th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
This is the best laugh I’ve had in weeks. Great video…damn, I’m inspired!
October 14th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
My God! 90 % of the people in this forum are pathetic losers! You people make me sick! Im sure Alexey will be a greater success than most of you, hes got drive, ambition and self-confidence. Good for you Alexey! Dont let what these losers say interfere with your ultimate goals!
October 14th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
We’re not just a bunch of haters (though some may be). The point is that some of us do what Vayner says, not what he does. People don’t hate his drive, ambition or self-confidence. They hate the fact that, instead of using these things to succeed, he fabricated his accomplishments. Instead of working hard like the rest of us, he’s just a pathological liar. If you lie about being the CEO of a company, make up a fake charity to rip off a bunch of people who are trying to help children, write a plagiarized self-published book about the Holocaust, and then (1) send i-banks a resume saying that the above-mentioned things are real, and (2) send the same banks a video about how awesome you are…
…then you deserve whatever happens to you.
All you young professionals out there, this is one more reason to work hard. If I ever find myself down the hallway from someone like Mr. Vayner, I sincerely hope that I’ll be marketable enough to pick up and find another job elsewhere. Can you imagine working with this guy on a project? Can you imagine leaving him in a room alone with a client? If you have a room full of bricks you need broken, he may well be your man (and you can just fire him if he isn’t), but anything more than that is quite a risk.
October 15th, 2006 at 12:09 am
AXEL…ARE YOU KIDDING ME…NO COME ON …BE FOR REAL NOW, NO?….SHITHEAD
PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND OUR RUSSIAN LIAR NEED EACH OTHER…CAN YOU IMAGINE SUPPORTING A “PERSON”…(HAHAHAH) LIKE ALEKSY?
YOU ARE NO BETTER….KNOW THIS…TO SUPPORT OR DEFEND AN ASSWIPE LIKE THIS GUY IS TO BETHE SAME…A LIAR, A SOCIAL LEPAR, SCUM…POND SCUM FOR THAT MATTER….THERE IS NOTHING…I SAY AGAIN NOTHING YOU CAN SAY POSITIVE ABOUT A PERSON WHO RIPS OFF A CHILDRENS CHARITY AND NOT BE A SCUM BAG YOURSELF…..SCUMBAG
October 15th, 2006 at 6:03 am
It is just me or is there any one else thinking that axel and others shameless supporters of this lying freak are just fake he used to try to defend himself?
I don’t give a fuck if he had a difficult past (provided this isn’t bullshit too), he is just mean, mischevious and able to cheat on poor children cash and the holocaust for the sake of his sick ego.
He dislikes losers so much?
Well, talk about transfer with your psychologist, man!!
Oh, on a side note this this also went on yumeshima as 2100th topic:
http://www.yumeshima.net/board/index.php?topic=2100.0
It also won its homepage for some day, I wonder if some italian party (Berlusconi’s or Prodi’s, that’s just the same) will be interested in hiring such a moron…
October 15th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Ho ho hom isn’t this funny. like a giant haystack of timber and peas
October 15th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Radomir Kovacevic must be SO proud. (Note dedication at the end…)
October 15th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
I am wondering where were these characters when the net was seemingly dead. now all the fools just come out of their hole for thei 15 secs of fame.
http://www.techaddi.com
October 15th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Wow, that cover letter is absolutely terrible. He must have lied like made on his application, in order to compensate for the shittiness of his writing.
October 15th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
…by which I mean lied like mad. Oops. Irony.
October 15th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
i think this is brilliant marketing for a new EA game: Wall Street 07. Vayner is just like that billy ray cuthbert guy in the commercials, as all the video was missing was a “i’m coming for you mamba!!” ending
October 15th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Holy Moses, is this the kind of character Yale is producing? Between this liar and our current president, Im beginning to think I’m glad I went to a University of Texas school.
October 15th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
See now, the thing I noticed first was on the yale directory… it says Aleksey Vayner goes by the name Alesha…. that’s a girl’s name. You think this is a case of identity theft? Maybe it’s gonna be like those commercials where it’s some girl talking with this guy’s voice about how he spent thousands of dollars on a crappy video to get a job that he discredited himself for but he didn’t have to pay a thing ’cause it was someone else’s money and identity? :-P Oh yeah, and the weights didn’t look real in the one scene that you actually see his face while lifting (the weighted dumbells). But you never see his face with anything that’s actually difficult (The big barbell weights or the breaking of bricks).
October 15th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Classic Sociopath. Antisocial Personality Disorder
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx7.htm
October 15th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Oh yeah, when searching the yale directory, I was unable to find any other entries that had the “type: person” field :-P
October 15th, 2006 at 8:18 pm
just a correction (someone said this point was wrong in the article in his resume): true, vega is not a Greek letter, but in finance it is one of the “the greeks” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greeks). this is what’s brilliant about the guy: he gets just enough right to leave you guessing whether it’s all a joke, or if he really is psychotic. my bet is he is for real, like Napoleon Dynamite’s evil twin from the old country.
October 16th, 2006 at 7:18 am
It’s GENIUS! The perfect mash-up of Elle Woods’ Harvard application in “Legally Blonde” and Richard Hoover’s Nine Steps to Success in “Little Miss Sunshine.” You’ve all been HAD! He’s really angling for a job as a Hollywood writer!
October 16th, 2006 at 7:23 am
It’s GENIUS!!! The perfect mash-up of Elle Woods’ Harvard application in “Legally Blonde” and Richard Hoover’s Nine Steps to Success in “Little Miss Sunshine.” You’ve ALL been DUPED! He’s really angling for a job as a Hollywood screenwriter!
October 16th, 2006 at 7:26 am
Well, I think his claim to alpha rank is probably partially founded, but it’s a shame that he can’t keep a lower profile – bulshitting can totally discredit even overachievers. I give big props to UBS for rejecting him – I bet the White House, Fox News, or some more flashy investment banks would have welcomed him with open arms. I’m glad that among power centers like UBS, there are still reputable and diligent people out there who take exception to self-aggrandization.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Finally, a guy who is a bigger jerk than me. Maybe this will take the heat off me and I can date again. Anyone want to go out to dinner?
October 16th, 2006 at 10:57 am
Finally the news can move onto some other college loser.. (Look me up if you don’t know my story)
October 16th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
And we wonder why the company is called U BS.(oops,UBS) He should be the CEO!
October 16th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
I think this guy gave a talk at Vassar as a “motivator.”
October 16th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I think this guy gave a talk at Vassar as a “motivator.”
October 16th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Someone needs to make a list of Aleksey Vayner jokes in the spirit of the Chuck Norris and Jack Bauer ones.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
my favorite part was the part where you couldn’t see his face. it really made me believe him all the more. alex whatchit is a truly a motivator, a leader of men. much like hitler or stalin. he’s remarkable! and kinda ugly. he’ll be perfect for that world-domination gig.
October 16th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
Veoh is hosting a promotion around this… hahaha, asking people to upload their own stupid video resumes or make fun of this doofus.
http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e1336748NgyMqyG
October 16th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
As one who attended the University of the Masters of the Universe with AlexZ (as he was known to us,) I can assure you all that he is no fraud. Success is a mental state. Friends is a mental state. Mock on, slackers.
October 17th, 2006 at 8:03 am
I’m surprised nobody has pointed this out.
Listen to the man speaking. He is as *dull as shit*. His delivery is awful. So, so dull.
October 17th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
why isn’t there a website detailing his exploits, a la the chuck norris fact pages?
October 17th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
you can’t take one life without serious repercussions to your very soul which will follow you your whole life. and this guy claims quite nonchalantly to have taken 24?! and yet dare to speak about having heart and livng life with passion??? this is the dead giveaway that this young lost soul is a pathological liar and is living a manufactured, fabricated life. may mercy have its way with him.
October 17th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
Is it me, or does anyone else see 120 0n the dumbells he is lifting? Look at the one in his left hand. I see 120 when the video states that they are 140 each. And the bricks break in a straighr line with no dust or debris underneath them? I am not a college person,but even I am smart enough to see all the fuckups in this video
October 17th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
If you can conceive it and believe it, you can put it on your CV
October 17th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
I see where this is or has gone,but why do the rest of go and this person who doen’t exits
October 18th, 2006 at 12:22 am
OMFG he thinks he’s a model too! http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:1sTVzDMOnb4J:www.modelmayhem.com/member.php%3Fid%3D130163+%22ALEKSEY+VAYNER%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a
October 18th, 2006 at 11:56 am
hey bunty, here it is…
http://www.wentsul.com/quotes
October 18th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Damn! He did this so much better than me! I tried to make one of these for myself, but all I could think of was video of me eating while using a fork and painting a wall with a paintbrush. Damn! He’s so much more creative than I am! I want to shoot myself, but I don’t have the ability to load a gun.
October 18th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
This is truly unbelievable just how much this has all blown up. Wow Aleksey, you’ve really outdone yourself. I was in Yale with this kid way back when his name was Garber, and god only knows what he’ll change it to know… any bets? I figure I might as well put my two cents in about this dumbass, if only becasue I still can’t believe he’d be stupid enough to pull the shit he always has in school, except now in a resume…
First, I’d like to mention that he is a pretty jacked kid, but apparently his fascination with eastern “medicine” flows into steroids as well. But then again, if that body got him to model Diesel and be sponsored by Underarmor, then hells yea, pump up!
Theres also a golden story I remember – after having taken his year off, Aleksey returned to Yale a new man, if in name at least. I spoke with him in the gym and was surprised to learn he majored in East European literature. But wait, aren’t you on pace to be a financial guru? Oh wait… Aleksey pointed out that he had actually met with President Levin himself, who told him that the undergraduate program would be much too easy for a person of his experience. Moreover, he has been in extensive contact with Dave Swensen… Apparently Swensen was so impressed with Aleksey that he encouraged him to help manage the endowment. So now you know – don’t be fooled by that lying bastard Swensen, taking credit for poor Aleksey’s work on powerhousing Yale’s endownment! It goes without mention that at Yale he took the most bullshit undergrad classes ever, but then again, who can blame him when he was catching up with two semesters of business school in 4 weeks? Alesha, you really should have just kept this sherade for impressing Qpac girls, but boy you must have really been dropped on your head in those caves to pull a stunt like this. Is nice, I like.
October 21st, 2006 at 9:27 am
I’d hire him.
October 21st, 2006 at 10:31 am
first bush, now this guy?
October 21st, 2006 at 11:09 am
The fact that Vayner sent this thing out speaks more to the failure of Yale to provide any career counseling to students. What the hell are people paying $40K a year for? If I sent my kid to Yale and they let him pull a bonehead move like this, I’d ask for my money back. Granted, Yale can’t exercise complete control over the students, but don’t they have seminars where students are advised that making BS, self-aggrandizing claims and sending out materials that will subject them to ridicule is not a good way to get a return on their or their parents’ investment? Then again, if the school is anything like the law school I attended, the career office is there only for the top ten-percenters (who are all pretty much guaranteed good jobs anyway), and the other 90 percent of the students are on their own. This way the career office claims success while having done nothing for most of the people it is there to serve and thus, actually failing in its mission (which seems to be what the U.S.’s current most powerful Yale grad has been doing for a few years now).
Maybe the only good thing about this whole episode (besides the smiles and laughter it has brought to so many) is that those who hear about it will finally understand that the whole Ivy League mystique is crap (students who graduate from pass/fail colleges are usually dumber than posts and only ever get anywhere because of family connections).
October 21st, 2006 at 11:11 am
Much like the current President of the U.S. & his brother, a likely future President of the U.S.
October 21st, 2006 at 11:16 am
A friend of mine worked on this video. Among the outtakes is a scene where Vayner is skydiving and his main & reserve chutes fail. He flaps his mighty arms and flies to the ground like a bird, making a perfect two-point landing. Or he lands on his feet, using his mighty legs as incredibly strong shock absorbers. Or he opens a Mary Poppins umbrella and floats to the ground like magic. Or he . . .
October 21st, 2006 at 12:50 pm
it is obvious that this guy is going to be recruited by the Republican party – he is TOTALLY QUALIFIED !!!
that said, goodbye privacy, hello the-world-is-a-fishbowl-and-everyone-sees-you
October 21st, 2006 at 1:44 pm
How is it that this is fair use? He submits his video resume to a company and some cocksucking faggot leaks it to the web. And you help the cockingsucking faggot by spreading it. So fuck you, and I hope you get a taste of your own medicine, shithead.
October 21st, 2006 at 7:51 pm
This fellow could have a bright future as an infomercial pitchman, or “Matt Foleyesque” motivational speaker. Alternatively, maybe Sacha Baron Cohen might consider taking him on as Borat Sagdiyev’s sidekick!
October 21st, 2006 at 9:30 pm
He’s only 23. So he made a mistake. The rest of you who are so harsh had better hope that you don’t mess up some day. Want to bet you never will do anything silly? Just let it go and work on your own lives.
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:29 am
Bush went to Yale– now that’s a reputation killer.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:01 am
Hey Jake who commented on October 11th. You may have graduated from Yale this year but you can’t even spell “sophomore!” It’s not “sophmore,” dummy!
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:16 am
So many yalies and dukies on here can’t even fucking spell. You really think he’s the only lying poseur in the Ivy League? I new dozens of them at Cornell – but none of them as egotistical as this. Yale = diploma mill.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:23 pm
I know so many arrogant people who are probably much worse than him. Why is this so shocking? I would have expected investment banks to LOVE a guy with his attitude. I think that the mistake was using a VIDEO to advertise himself, and not being more unassuming during the job-search process.
Honestly, I feel really sorry for him. He’s set himself up to be eaten alive by all the little people of the world.
I guess he’ll learn something new here, huh?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:36 am
I work in an investment bank (GS), on the asset management side. I also do a lot of recruiting work for my division and the firm. I don’t think Aleksey would get past a CV screen, let alone a first round interview with GS. You simply can’t say things like ‘cut losers out of your life’ etc. and expect serious people to take you seriously. Why would I hire this guy when there is an Oxford or Cambridge graduate in the next room who got a double first in Maths and does not talk to me like I am some kind of moron? A word of advice: the best way to get an interview in Finance is to work your ass off at University and work every summer in the financial industry. No-one cares about how fast you can serve a tennis ball or run 500m. We do care about what kind of person you are, what motivates you, and whether or not we can see you fitting in here.
I’m out. Back to adding alpha.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:50 am
Aleksey Vayner’s only offense was a lack of sophistication in presenting himself. We’re all Aleksey Vayner. What’s truly sad is the furious self-righteousness evident in so many of these posts.
October 23rd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
I once saw Alesky wrestle a bear and still have time to read to orphaned children.
October 23rd, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Sorry that Aleksy brought out such evil and jealous thoughts from people. My child attended Yale and lived on the dorm floor with Aleksy–and yes, heard all of these bizarre stories–a few of which had a grain of truth to them (he did heal someone’s back and the guy, who had chronic and acute pain prior to Aleksy’s help was forever grateful0. The point is…..why is everyone soooooooooooo jealous of Yale students. First, nothing I have seen would make any person with brains or insight think that Yale was easy. The comment about it being a pass/fail school–total nonsense. The idea that all Yale students come from rich families–my bank account and I are both getting a good laugh on that one.
I could go on and on disputing the stupid and uninformed comments that are being posted, but the main point is…..they are tired and unimaginative, prejudiced and uninformed comments. Mostly they make the authors of these comments look jealous. Maybe if you would have worked your ass off day after day in junior high and high school, worked hard after school at sports and volunteered for charities in whatever spare time was left– like I saw my child do, maybe you could have gone to Yale also. Believe me it wasn’t a rich family, connections, or lies that got him into and through Yale.
October 24th, 2006 at 8:54 am
i really dont see this as any different from those late night self-improvement infomercials. im waiting for the pitch, and to get 2 for the price of 1, but only if i act now.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:45 am
“operators are standing by”
call 1 800 you bull
October 24th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
No one is jealous of Aleksey for attempting to plagiarize his way to a life of privilege. Much like no one is jealous of a white collar criminal who defrauds innocent people to get rich.
And if Yale doesn’t expel this fraudster, then Yale’s image and credibility will suffer.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
“He’s only 23. So he made a mistake. The rest of you who are so harsh had better hope that you don’t mess up some day. Want to bet you never will do anything silly? Just let it go and work on your own lives.”
Poor little boy. He is only 23 (did you know that life expectancy at 400 B.C. was estimated to be around 30 years of age, as per the wikipedia?) – not exactly a child, and I don’t think anyone would argue that intellectual maturity is reached slower today than 2,500 years ago.
Yes, so this poor little boy, ACCIDENTALLY creates a fake charity, appoints himself CEO of a phantom organization, fakes a video compilation of unlikely athletic achievements, etc. etc. Oops!
October 25th, 2006 at 12:00 am
clearly this is parody. check out his TV appearances: http://www.gawker.com/news/aleksey%20vayner/
he’s totally stephen colberting his interviewers. right now, this dude is laughing at how pathetically literal you are. i’m almost appalled at how many of you require the insignia of comedy central to recognize satire. you’ve all been had.
October 26th, 2006 at 2:24 am
Tony Robbins and Ron Popeil called– they said he Alek has a bright future ahead of him, but he may be doing a bit too much pocket fishing. But he may need bigger teeth at some point.
And yet the “(GS)” guy’s advise in the comments above, with observation about the Oxford guy in the next room who did “double first in Maths” may even top Alek’s muse.
If the GS guy is lucky, The Alek might let him run The Alek’s money some day.
http://www.costapalmera.com
November 1st, 2006 at 5:47 am
I’ve only just learnt about this fuk wit. Let me tell you his video is one of the funniest things I’ve seen for a while. Has this prick applied to go on The Apprentice. If he hasn’t he should, it would be huge boost for the ratings especially when Trump says – Aleskey Your Fired!!!!! LOL
November 1st, 2006 at 6:17 pm
I do not understand what the big deal is. The man just follows a theory he arrived at one way or another. Why is he getting all this flack?
I do not understand why you view strife with such disdain. In face of challenges that he regards as serious and heavy to lift, you add to the weight he has to carry.
I noticed that he uses the word ‘losers’, which is quite harsh. However, I believe he only meant it as a descriptive of people who try to bring others down. Guess what you are doing.
November 1st, 2006 at 7:23 pm
I guess he got what he really wanted… attention.. and look we are all giving it to him! Although i must admit he is really, really, REALLY lame. ….. ..
November 7th, 2006 at 6:29 am
This is absolutely priceless. If he’d come up with this as a practical joke then he’d be a genius, sadly it seems that it’s actually for real in which case he must have some rather unfortunate psychological issues.
Either way it certainly gave me a good laugh. I’ll ve intrigued to hear of him in the future to see if he actually does become someone in the public eye…
Best of luck Aleksey, one day perhaps some of your dreams will come true…
December 9th, 2006 at 10:32 am
This will be his seamen stained dress. After to the initial embarressemnt he’ll go on an be very successful.
December 29th, 2006 at 1:06 am
if you look closely at the bricks, you can see that they have a line going straight down before he breaks them.. What a pitiful excuse for a carbon based life form.
September 9th, 2007 at 6:52 am
Who is Aleksey Vayner? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Vayner. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick Vayner ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. And poof. Just like that, he’s gone.
Oh, did I tell you I used to be in a barbershop quartet with Vayner in Skokie, Illinois? Vayner was the baritone and was a big fat guy then. I mean, like, orca fat. He was so stressed in the morning….
December 20th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
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April 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 am
We have just started a video resume website where you can upload your own or use a youtube embed tag.
http://www.YouInterviewMe.com
The great thing about a video resume it’s only part of the process, but indeed the last pass you do before bringing someone in is look at their personality.
Most hiring managers hire on personality as much if not more than someones paper resume.
Video Resumes