![]() ![]() Instead of backing down, he embarks on a crusade to fight the corruption.Īfter discovering and trying to expose a massive fraud by government officials, he gets banned from the country and his local companies stolen. ![]() He becomes wildly successful, which made him the target of corrupt Russian oligarchs and even Putin himself. After having difficulty convincing his employers to invest in Russia, he sets up his own hedge fund. He saw huge opportunity to invest in Russian privatization. While based in London and working on consulting projects in Eastern Europe, he discovers companies being privatized at insanely low valuations. It’s important (and interesting) to understand how the author rebelled against his American Communist leader grandfather and far left-leaning parents by becoming an ardent capitalist who built the biggest hedge fund in Russia.Įarly in his career he becomes interested in Eastern Europe at around the time the Berlin Wall came down. It would make a great fiction novel, but the crazy thing is that it’s a true story. Makes me appreciate the life that I have? Check. Gripping like a Mitch Rapp or Jack Reacher spy novel? Check. ![]() Teaches about interesting history? Check. Inspires to be a better person and do good in the world? Check.Ĭontains lessons about investing and business? Check. It combines almost everything I like reading about all into one book. “Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” by Bill Browder just became one of my all-time favorite books. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |