Sometime in the course of his studies at Rutgers University in the 1980s, Randy Shain got hold of a copy of What Color Is Your Parachute? (a career guide for the aimless). It helped him realize that he was a snoop at heart and that detective work was his thing. So he went to work briefly for a private eye and in 1993 co-founded BackTrack Reports, which specializes in background research on money managers. The New...
