With shocking new details from Madoff himself
The definitive account of the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme – an instant
New York Times bestseller
Who was Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history?
This question has long fascinated people, about the New York financier who swindled his friends, relatives, and other investors out of $65 billion. And in The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques of the New York Times has written the definitive and bestselling account of the man and his scheme, drawing on unprecedented access and more than one hundred interviews, including Madoff’s first interviews for publication following his arrest. Henriques provides vivid details from the lawsuits and government investigations that explode the myths that have come to surround the story, and in a revised and expanded epilogue, she unravels the latest legal developments.
A true-life financial thriller―and now a major HBO film starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer―The Wizard of Lies contrasts Madoff’s remarkable rise on Wall Street with dramatic scenes from his accelerating slide toward self-destruction. It is also the most complete account of the heartbreaking personal disasters and landmark legal battles triggered by Madoff’s downfall―the suicides, business failures, fractured families, shuttered charities―and the clear lessons this timeless scandal offers to Washington, Wall Street, and Main Street.
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Bernie Madoff, the Wizard of Lies
Inside the Infamous $65 Billion Swindle
- 448 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Business EthicsTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Cast of Characters
- Prologue
- 1. An Earthquake on Wall Street
- 2. Becoming Bernie
- 3. The Hunger for Yield
- 4. The Big Four
- 5. The Cash Spigot
- 6. What They Wanted to Believe
- 7. Warning Signs
- 8. A Near-Death Experience
- 9. Madoff’s World
- 10. The Year of Living Dangerously
- 11. Waking Up in the Rubble
- 12. Reckoning the Damage
- 13. Net Winners and Net Losers
- 14. The Sins of the Father
- 15. The Wheels of Justice
- 16. Hope, Lost and Found
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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