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UBS group chief exec worked his way up after vocational training

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After finishing school at 15, Mr Sergio Ermotti started out in the mail room of a bank in his hometown before moving to the trading floor.

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Fifty-eight-year-old Mr Sergio Ermotti, group chief executive of Switzerland's prestigious bank UBS, rose through the ranks in his industry after vocational training.
Finishing school at age 15, he worked in a bank in his Swiss hometown, moving from the mail room to the trading floor.
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