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Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young ... SearchImagesMapsPlayYouTubeNewsGmailDriveMore»SigninBooksMylibraryHelpAdvancedBookSearchVieweBookGetthisbookinprintAmazon.comMPHPopularFindinalibraryAllsellers »BillionDollarWhale:TheManwhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorldTomWright,BradleyHopeHachetteBooks,2018-Fraud-379pages4ReviewsNamedaBestBookof2018bytheFinancialTimesandFortune,this"thrilling"(BillGates)NewYorkTimesbestsellerexposeshowa"modernGatsby"swindledover$5billionwiththeaidofGoldmanSachsin"theheistofthecentury"(Axios).Nowa#1internationalbestseller,BillionDollarWhaleis"anepictaleofwhite-collarcrimeonaglobalscale"(PublishersWeekly),revealinghowayoungsocialclimberfromMalaysiapulledoffoneofthebiggestheistsinhistory.In2009,achubby,mild-manneredgraduateoftheUniversityofPennsylvania'sWhartonSchoolofBusinessnamedJhoLowsetinmotionafraudofunprecedentedgallandmagnitude--onethatwouldcometosymbolizethenextgreatthreattotheglobalfinancialsystem.Overadecade,Low,withtheaidofGoldmanSachsandothers,siphonedbillionsofdollarsfromaninvestmentfund--rightunderthenoseofglobalfinancialindustrywatchdogs.Lowusedthemoneytofinanceelections,purchaseluxuryrealestate,throwchampagne-drenchedparties,andeventofinanceHollywoodfilmslikeTheWolfofWallStreet.Byearly2019,withhisyachtandprivatejetreportedlyseizedbyauthoritiesandfacingcriminalchargesinMalaysiaandintheUnitedStates,Lowhadbecomeaninternationalfugitive,evenastheU.S.DepartmentofJusticecontinueditsinvestigation.BillionDollarWhalehasjoinedtheranksofLiar'sPoker,DenofThieves,andBadBloodasaclassicharrowingparableofhubrisandgreedinthefinancialworld.Whatpeoplearesaying - WriteareviewLibraryThingReviewUserReview -DramMan-LibraryThingDetailed,absorbingaccountoftheextraordinary1MDBscandal,howperhaps$5BillionwasbrazenlystolenfromaMalaysiansovereignwealthfund-withtheconnivanceofseveraltopinternationalfinancialinstitutions.ReadfullreviewLibraryThingReviewUserReview -wandering_star-LibraryThingAneye-wateringstorydiggingintothefraudbehindthe1MDBscandal,inwhichhundredofmillionsofUS$werestolenfromanaccountsupposedlysetuptofinanceinfrastructureandotherdevelopment...ReadfullreviewOthereditions-ViewallBillionDollarWhale:TheManWhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorldTomWright,BradleyHopeLimitedpreview-2018BillionDollarWhale:thebestsellinginvestigationintothefinancialfraud...TomWright,BradleyHopeLimitedpreview-2019BillionDollarWhale:TheManWhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorldBradleyHope,TomWrightNopreviewavailable-2019Viewall»Abouttheauthor (2018)TomWrightwasoneofthefirstjournaliststoarriveatthesceneoftheraidinwhichNavySEALskilledOsamabinLaden.In2013,hespearheadedcoverageofthecollapseoftheRanaPlazafactoryinBangladesh,whichkilledover1,000people,earningtheWallStreetJournalaSigmaDeltaChiawardfromTheSocietyofProfessionalJournalists.HeisaPulitzerfinalist,aLoebwinner,andhasgarnerednumerousawardsfromtheSocietyofPublishersinAsia,whichin2016namedhim"JournalistoftheYear."HespeaksEnglish,Malay,FrenchandItalian.BradleyHopehasworkedfortheWallStreetJournalforthelastfouryears,coveringfinanceandmalfeasancefromNewYorkCityandLondon.Beforethat,hespentsixyearsasacorrespondentintheMiddleEast,wherehecoveredtheArabSpringuprisingsfromCairo,Tripoli,Tunis,andBeirut.HewasdetainedbyauthoritiesinBahrain,reportedfromthefrontlinesoftheLibyancivilwar,andhasbeenteargassedinraucousEgyptianprotests.BradleyisaPulitzerfinalistandaLoebwinner,andalsoauthorofLastDaysofthePharaoh,achronicleofthefinaldaysandhoursofthepresidencyofHosniMubarak.BibliographicinformationTitleBillionDollarWhale:TheManwhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorldAuthorsTomWright,BradleyHopeEditionillustratedPublisherHachetteBooks,2018ISBN0316453471,9780316453479Length379pages&nbsp&nbspExportCitationBiBTeX EndNote RefManAboutGoogleBooks-PrivacyPolicy-Terms of Service-InformationforPublishers-Reportanissue-Help-Google Home