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My Life in 4 Trades - How Bill Browder Took on Putin’s Oligarchs
My Life in 4 Trades - How Bill Browder Took on Putin’s Oligarchs
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2022
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Podcast episode
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There’s nothing ordinary about Bill Browder’s life. After earning an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1989, he moved to Russia with the intention of becoming the “biggest capitalist in Eastern Europe.” Bill’s dream manifested with the opening of the Hermitage Fund, which became the best-performing hedge fund in the world. In this captivating episode of My Life in Four Trades, the venture capitalist turned political activist joins Maggie Lake to share the distinct highlights and harrowing downsides to his success: taking on and taking down business oligarchs of the old Soviet republics, the tragic death of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and his emergence as Vladimir Putin’s No. 1 enemy.
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Released:
Oct 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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