Maths student aspiring to be filthy rich. What paths other than becoming a quant are there? I don't care about work satisfaction, social benefit or morality.
Joining some generic company in a position hierarchically equivalent to an engineer and just expecting to end up in an executive position seems to be too hit and miss.
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become an actuary or create a company like the google guys
there are companies that have special algorithms that are used to solve large problems, if you invent those algorithms you can make a lot of money