In 2009 Jho Low, a recent graduate of the elite Wharton business school, set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude. Persuading Najib Razak, the prime minister of Malaysia, to create an investment fund, 1MDB, Low raised more than $10 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others. Then, directing 1MDB from the shadows, Low siphoned off billions, right under the nose of the global financial industry-money used to finance elections; to purchase luxury real estate; to produce Hollywood films, including The Wolf of Wall Street, and to throw champagne-drenched parties around the world.
Low's largesse put him at the center of a world that included celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx and supermodels like Miranda Kerr. Now, for the first time, Tom Wright and Bradley Hope reveal the complete inside story of one of the biggest financial heists in history.