Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world

Wright, Tom (Wall Street Journal reporter) (author.). Hope, Bradley, (author.).

Summary: The definitive inside account of the "extraordinary" (Financial Times) 1MDB scandal, "a true life thriller" (Ben Mezrich) about a "modern Gatsby" who managed to swindle over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others'a "must read" (Booklist) "epic tale" (Publishers Weekly) that exposes the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics from two award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters. In 2009, with the dust yet to settle on the financial crisis, a baby-faced, seemingly mild-mannered Wharton grad began 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. His name is Jho Low, a man whose behavior was so preposterous he might seem made up. An epic true-tale of hubris and greed, Billion Dollar Whale reveals how this young social climber pulled off one of the biggest heists in history'right under the nose of the global financial industry. Federal agents who helped unravel Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme say the 1MDB affair will become the textbook case of financial fraud in the modern age'and its fallout is already being credited for taking down the prime minister of Malaysia. With his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing money-laundering charges in Malaysia, an Interpol red notice, and an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice Investigation, Low has become an international fugitive. For readers of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood, Billion Dollar Whale will become a classic, harrowing parable about finance run amok.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316436465
ISBN: 0316436461
ISBN: 9780316436489
ISBN: 0316436488
ISBN: 9780316436502
ISBN: 031643650X
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xvii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Books, [2018].
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Authors' Note; Cast of Characters; Prologue; PART I THE INVENTION OF JHO LOW; Chapter 1. Fake Photos; Chapter 2. Asian Great Gatsby; Chapter 3. Win Tons of Money; Chapter 4. We're Going to Need a Bigger Van; Chapter 5. A Nice Toy; Chapter 6. Doctor Leissner, I Presume; Chapter 7. Saudi "Royalty" (The First Heist); Chapter 8. Hitting a Gold Mine; Chapter 9. "I Feel the Earth Move"; PART II OVERNIGHT BILLIONAIRE; Chapter 10. An Evening with the Playmates; Chapter 11. Raining Cristal; Chapter 12. How to Spend a Billion

Source of Description Note:

Title detail screen (OverDrive, viewed September 24, 2018).