Louis Trebor (Michel Subor) is a reclusive figure residing deep in the French countryside, a cool killer, an uncaring father, and a secretive master of international finance and intrigue.

NEWYORKER: The Intruder

When I was done, I enrolled in a local college to start work on a Master of Science in Finance degree.

FORBES: My "Aha!" Moment in Investing

Eleven of the 12 current finance master's students at Loyola University Chicago's Quinlan School of Business are international, with eight from China.

WSJ: Chinese Flood U.S. Programs to Gain Edge

More than 85% of applicants to Weatherhead's current Finance master's program came from China, and more than 80% of the 58-student class is Chinese.

WSJ: Chinese Flood U.S. Programs to Gain Edge

Former Senate Finance Committee chair Bob Dole (R-KN) was a master of the art.

FORBES: If It Would Make The GOP Happy, Let's Call Tax Hikes 'Kumquats'

Not so with PM Abe Shinzo and his alter-ego, mentor, and (in a relationship resembling that of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush) possibly master, deputy PM and finance minister Aso Taro.

FORBES: The Abe/Aso Government "Three Arrows" Agenda for Economic Revival

Kumar has a bachelor's degree in ecology from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, a master's degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.

ENGADGET: AMD CFO Thomas Seifert calls it quits, Devinder Kumar takes his place on an interim basis