He was the ultimate party boy of the 21st century. He hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio, gifted diamonds to Miranda Kerr, and funded ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’ But the money behind the glamour wasn’t his—it belonged to the people of Malaysia. This is the story of Jho Low and the $4.5 billion 1MDB heist. […]
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From an Israeli prison cell to the glitzy skyscrapers of London, Teddy Sagi has mastered the art of the gamble, building a multi-billion dollar fortune in the shadows of the internet. The Early Hustle: The “Dissonance” Affair Long before he was a fixture on the Forbes list, Teddy Sagi was a “boy wonder” in the
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He owned a fleet of old Soviet cargo planes. He delivered everything from flowers to fighter jets. But his real business was fueling the world’s bloodiest conflicts. Meet Viktor Bout—the man who made billions in the shadows of war. The Logistics of Chaos After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Viktor Bout, a former Soviet
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He was the first outside investor in Facebook. He founded Palantir—the world’s most secretive data-mining company. And rumor has it, he’s looking for the secret to eternal life. Meet Peter Thiel, the philosopher-king of the Silicon Valley underground. Palantir: The Eye That Sees Everything While most tech moguls build apps for photos or chatting, Thiel
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Before the tech giants and the modern hedge funds, one family built a global fortune on the back of a flower. This is the story of the Sassoons—the Iraqi Jewish dynasty that dominated the East, fueled an empire, and changed the map of Asia through the shadows of the Opium trade. From Baghdad to Global
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They don’t print money, but they control those who do. They don’t run for office, but governments bow to them. Welcome to the world of BlackRock—the $10 trillion ghost that owns the world. The Invisible Giant If you look at the top shareholders of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, or Pfizer, you will see the same name
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“September 16, 1992. While the world slept, one man was betting $10 billion against the British Pound. By the time the sun set, the UK government was on its knees, and George Soros had just pocketed a cool billion dollars in profit. This is the untold story of the greatest financial heist in history.” The
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