George Gosbee, the chairman, president and chief executive of Canadian investment bank Tristone Capital, has an affinity for oil and money.

The ambitious 38-year-old entrepreneur, a lifelong Calgary resident who set up Tristone eight years ago, recalls fondly how he became besotted with the stock market in his school days and has not looked back since.

"When I was in elementary school, I still remember the class where the teacher introduced me to the stock market," says Gosbee.

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