<b>Named a Best Book of 2018 by the <i>Financial Times</i> and <i>Fortune</i>, this βthrillingβ (Bill Gates) <i>New York Times</i> bestseller exposes how a βmodern Gatsbyβ swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in βthe heist of the centuryβ (Axios).</b> Now a #1 international bestse
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
β Scribed by Tom Wright; Bradley Hope
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 400
- Edition
- Hardcover
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalistWall Street Journalreporters,Billion Dollar Whalereveals how a young social climber pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in history--right under the nose of the global financial industry--exposing the shocking secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics.
The dust had yet to settle on the global financial crisis in 2009 when an unlikely Wharton grad was setting in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system.
Billion Dollar Whalewill become a classic, harrowing parable about the financial world in the twenty-first century.
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xvii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm