{"id":356797,"date":"2018-04-14T21:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T20:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/no-ross-from-friends-is-not-the-new-london-stock-exchange-ceo-but-dont-tell-the-internet-that-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-04-14T21:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T20:48:15","slug":"no-ross-from-friends-is-not-the-new-london-stock-exchange-ceo-but-dont-tell-the-internet-that-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/no-ross-from-friends-is-not-the-new-london-stock-exchange-ceo-but-dont-tell-the-internet-that-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Ross from \u2018Friends\u2019 is not the new London Stock Exchange CEO, but don\u2019t tell the internet that \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.04\/thumbnail\/5ad09537fc7e93ff7f8b456d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        The London Stock Exchange has appointed as its CEO Goldman Sachs investment banker David Schwimmer, the namesake of the actor who played Ross from \u2018Friends.\u2019 The internet, delighted at the coincidence, then went into meltdown.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Schwimmer has had an illustrious 20-year career at top global investment bank Goldman Sachs, though the banker is not well-known outside of financial circles. Actor David Schwimmer, on the other hand, is world-renowned for playing goofy paleontologist Ross Geller. The wildly popular show had 52.5 million American viewers for its finale in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The coincidence inevitably led to \u2018David Schwimmer\u2019 trending on Twitter. Users unleashed a plethora of memes, gifs, and jokes quoting some of Ross\u2019 best moments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Controversy as London Stock Exchange appoints David Schwimmer as CEO, despite Chandler Bing having more experience in submitting his WENUS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Strawberry_Jam (@Mefusen_Jam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mefusen_Jam\/status\/984705228086923265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the incoming LSE chief might have a \u201crobust intellect and partnership approach with clients and colleagues alike,\u201d and \u201cgreat experience in the financial market infrastructure sector,\u201d according to Chairman Donald Brydon, he hasn\u2019t got \u201csharp sitcom skills\u201d and a 1995 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and probably never will.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/424012-ross-friends-david-schwimmer\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Stock Exchange has appointed as its CEO Goldman Sachs investment banker David Schwimmer, the namesake of the actor who played Ross from \u2018Friends.\u2019 The internet, delighted at the coincidence, then went into meltdown. Schwimmer has had an illustrious 20-year career at top global investment bank Goldman Sachs, though the banker is not well-known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":356798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-356797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}