{"product_id":"billion-dollar-whale-5751","title":"Billion Dollar Whale","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2018 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, this \"thrilling\" (Bill Gates) \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller exposes how a \"modern Gatsby\" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in \"the heist of the century\" (Axios).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now a #1 international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Whale\u003c\/i\u003e is \"an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Whale\u003c\/i\u003e has joined the ranks of \u003ci\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDen of Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e as a classic harrowing parable of hubris and greed in the financial world.              \u003c\/b\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44788836139187,"sku":"9780316436472","price":1156.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478016509780316436472.jpg?v=1762834290","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/billion-dollar-whale-5751","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}