5/18/2023 0 Comments Billion dollar whale by tom wright![]() In November, 2012, the sweaty, awkward Low threw himself a thirty-first birthday party, in Las Vegas. Then approximately five billion dollars of the money disappeared, prompting an international scandal.įive billion is a large sum, perhaps too much to easily dispense with in a short amount of time, but the book’s opening scene offers an idea of where it went. Goldman Sachs and other banks helped raise ten billion dollars for the fund. According to Wright and Hope’s account, Low persuaded Razak to create an investment fund, 1MDB, financed with government money, which Low managed behind the scenes. It’s the story of Jho Low, an enterprising businessman from Malaysia who used his social connections to the country’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak to transform himself into an international financier. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you like global intrigue, financial crime, wealth porn, and absurdity, “ Billion Dollar Whale,” by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, is for you. ![]()
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