Tom Wright

Bradley Hope

An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters, Billion Dollar Whale reveals 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 Whale will become a classic, harrowing parable about the financial world in the twenty-first century.

The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

Billion Dollar Whale

Tom Wright (Wall Street Journal reporter)

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.

DNF 50%, writing was too sub-par to power through.

halfmoon

Timeo Williams

Extraordinary book that serves as a moral lesson of the importance if reputation and character. You can have all the money in the world, but if you lost the earlier two virtues, it's worth nothing. 

The book did an excellent job detailing what has been the biggest financial scandal of our century.

Vivek Chand

Been following this story for years so it was interesting to read the intricate details. Having lived in Singapore at the time and knowing some of the institutions involved made it even more interesting. Recommended for everyone to read about a scam of epic proportions. 

Jho Low makes Bernie Maddoff look like a small time hustler.

Ambar

Ethan

Molly Bridge

Matt Eaves

Bailey Jennings

Pamela Koh

Sang Le

Mary Makarious

Jayme Cochrane

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios). Now a #1 international bestseller, BILLION DOLLAR WHALE is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history. In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low 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. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund--right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs. Low used the money to finance elections, purchase luxury real estate, throw champagne-drenched parties, and even to finance Hollywood films like The Wolf of Wall Street. By early 2019, with his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing criminal charges in Malaysia and in the United States, Low had become an international fugitive, even as the U.S. Department of Justice continued its investigation. BILLION DOLLAR WHALE has joined the ranks of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood as a classic harrowing parable of hubris and greed in the financial world.

Billion Dollar Whale The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

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