‘Meme-lord’ Litquidity reveals his true identity

Being friends with Hank Medina is a dangerous game. Better known by his pen name Litquidity, he is always quietly looking for content — and even your attire could turn you into a viral meme. People who know him say Medina is the last person you would expect to be the “fin-meme lord” who has built a following of 800,000 followers on Instagram. He is soft-spoken, polite — the opposite of his Patrick Bateman-meets-enthusiastic junior analyst alter-ego. “There were always those loudmouths at the office,” Medina said of the Wall Street type whom Litquidity satirises. “But I was mostly the observer.” Already known to be an industry insider who posted his memes from his office bathroom, Litquidity’s identity has long been a subject of speculation both among his followers and the finance professionals he pillories. “I don’t think you’d ever know that it was him behind Litquidity, even if you met him or he told you point blank,” said friend Waylon Chin, whose $1,000 beige Loro Piana loafers Med

Being friends with Hank Medina is a dangerous game. Better known by his pen name Litquidity, he is always quietly looking for content — and even your attire could turn you into a viral meme. People who know him say Medina is the last person you would expect to be the “fin-meme lord” who has built a following of 800,000 followers on Instagram. He is soft-spoken, polite — the opposite of his Patrick Bateman-meets-enthusiastic junior analyst alter-ego. “There were always those loudmouths at the office,” Medina said of the Wall Street type whom Litquidity satirises. “But I was mostly the observer.