Approximately a year ago I saw a full-page print advertisement in a
magazine  featuring a picture of a guy who had a whole bunch of
degrees: M.D., Ph.D., probably various others. The ad was used, as I
recall, by a financial services company to show that "smart" people
used its products. I think the person was Japanese.

I'm curious who the guy in the ad was. After all, he sounds like he'd
be a good google answerer :-) .