Billion Dollar Whale

"Billion Dollar Whale" by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope is a captivating story about one of the biggest financial heists in recent years. In 2015 the first stories about a Malaysian coup worth of billions of dollars began to flow. The mastermind behind the heist was the young Jho Low, who slowly had become a member of the jet-set. With help from Goldman Sachs and other companies Low could steal billions of dollars without getting caught. He used the money to throw extravagant parties, buy luxury house, finance elections and bankroll Hollywood blockbusters like The Wolf of Wall Street. In "Billion Dollar Whale" Tom Wright and Bradley Hope tells the unbelievable story of how a modern Gatsby like Jho Low could cheat the whole financial industry on his way to the top of the society.

"Billion Dollar Whale" by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope is a captivating story about one of the biggest financial heists in recent years. In 2015 the first stories about a Malaysian coup worth of billions of dollars began to flow. The mastermind behind the heist was the young Jho Low, who slowly had become a member of the jet-set. With help from Goldman Sachs and other companies Low could steal billions of dollars without getting caught. He used the money to throw extravagant parties, buy luxury house, finance elections and bankroll Hollywood blockbusters like The Wolf of Wall Street. In "Billion Dollar Whale" Tom Wright and Bradley Hope tells the unbelievable story of how a modern Gatsby like Jho Low could cheat the whole financial industry on his way to the top of the society.

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.

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.