In 2015, Nikolay Storonsky used nearly $500,000 that he had earned as a derivatives operator at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse to launch a startup aimed at challenging the giants of global finance. “We want to replace the banks, as simple as that,” said the competition exnavigator in a promotional video of that time. At age 41, he has not yet reached that goal. However, the company that emerged from that ambition, Revolution Ltd.