Billion Dollar Whale
Two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters document the true story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of history's biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics. 75,000 first printing. "What does it take to steal $5 billion? In 2009, with the dust yet to settle on the financial crisis, a mild-mannered Wharton grad set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great
ISBN: 9780316436489
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Alexis Ohanian
Business & Entrepreneurship"An incredible story.... If you need some billionaires to despise--look no further than these charlatans."
Anthony Pompliano
Finance & Investing"Worth checking out if this story interests you."
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Bill Gates
Business & Entrepreneurship"As Bad Blood is to biotech, Billion Dollar Whale is to international finance... a wonderful read... Thrilling."
Michael Mauboussin
Finance & Investing"Amazing [book] about human nature."
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Saagar Enjeti
Media & Journalism"Details how a pudgy Malaysian 20-something was able to con the highest levels of the financial, media, and political elite into making himself a billionaire."
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