Alex Gerchik and his wife participated in a New Year video shoot of the band Sarancha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTghbsV3Q2A
I thought you were joking at first. That is definitely Alex in the music video. I haven't seen him in a while.
Well, I'd say Gerchik was kind a fed up with US and by the way on one of his seminars he had mentioned that he would have it hard trying to establish a hedge fund in the US (no idea why??) and for sure for the sake of fame. No doubt he is very successful but here in the US you are still a little man alike even though you've got $$$. In RF and Ukraine traders literally adore him. So that's simple