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Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world, Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

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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 threat to the global financial system. His name is Jho Low, a man whose behavior was so preposterous he might seem made up. If Jho Low appeared shy on the surface, behind the scenes he was a big-talking, social-climbing huckster. Barely out of college, Low persuaded the prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, to create an investment fund, known as 1MDB. Directing it from the shadows, Low raised more than $10 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, and over the next half decade siphoned off billions--money used to finance elections; to purchase luxury real estate; to produce Hollywood films, including The Wolf of Wall Street; and to throw champagne-drenched parties around the world. Low's largesse put him at the center of a world that included celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, supermodels like Miranda Kerr, and even a major donor to President Obama. More staggering still, no one seemed to notice--not the global banks, who seemingly turned a blind eye to shady transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars, nor the official financial-system watchdogs. Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, have broken dozens of stories about the 1MDB affair. Now, for the first time, they reveal the complete inside story of one of the biggest financial heists in history. Billion Dollar Whale will join the ranks of Liar's Poker and Den of Thieves as a classic, harrowing parable of the financial world, hubris, and greed
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First edition.
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xvii, 379 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates
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9780316436502
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Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world
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Billion dollar whale
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the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world
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Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
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eng
Summary
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 threat to the global financial system. His name is Jho Low, a man whose behavior was so preposterous he might seem made up. If Jho Low appeared shy on the surface, behind the scenes he was a big-talking, social-climbing huckster. Barely out of college, Low persuaded the prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, to create an investment fund, known as 1MDB. Directing it from the shadows, Low raised more than $10 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, and over the next half decade siphoned off billions--money used to finance elections; to purchase luxury real estate; to produce Hollywood films, including The Wolf of Wall Street; and to throw champagne-drenched parties around the world. Low's largesse put him at the center of a world that included celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, supermodels like Miranda Kerr, and even a major donor to President Obama. More staggering still, no one seemed to notice--not the global banks, who seemingly turned a blind eye to shady transfers of hundreds of millions of dollars, nor the official financial-system watchdogs. Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, have broken dozens of stories about the 1MDB affair. Now, for the first time, they reveal the complete inside story of one of the biggest financial heists in history. Billion Dollar Whale will join the ranks of Liar's Poker and Den of Thieves as a classic, harrowing parable of the financial world, hubris, and greed
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Wright, Tom
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Hope, Bradley
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  • Low, Jho
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Fraud
  • Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
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Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world, Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
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20578753
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 379 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780316436502
Lccn
2018011725
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colour illustrations
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Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world, Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
Publication
Control code
20578753
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 379 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780316436502
Lccn
2018011725
Other physical details
colour illustrations

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