Michael Lewis
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
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Michael Lewis, the author of "The Big Short" and "Flash Boys," has written a new book called "Going Infinite" that tells the story of Sam Bankman-Fried, the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses. Bankman-Fried, who became the world's youngest billionaire at the age of thirty, was allowed to live by his own rules and was known for his extraordinary ability to make money in the crypto frenzy. However, his empire collapsed spectacularly, and Lewis was there to witness it. The book is a psychological portrait of a preternaturally gifted thinking machine and a wild financial roller-coaster ride, of crypto mania and insane amounts of money, of hubris and downfall.
Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Weight: 460g
Extraordinary: The Observer
"A stupefyingly pleasurable book to read," exclaimed The Observer.
New Yorker
"Lewiss storytelling is as good as ever," praised The New Yorker.
The Economist
"From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses," stated The Economist.
I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money.
He thought the question over.
One hundred and fifty billion dollars, he finally said - though he added that he had use for infinity dollars...
Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't just rich.
Before he turned thirty, he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record fortune in the crypto frenzy.
CEOs, celebrities, and world leaders vied for his time.
At one point, he considered paying off the entire national debt of the Bahamas so he could take his business there.
Then it all fell apart.
Who was this Gatsby of the crypto world, a rumpled guy in cargo shorts, whose eyes twitched across TV interviews as he played video games on the side, who even his million-dollar investors still found a mystery?
What gave him such an extraordinary ability to make money - and how did his empire collapse so spectacularly?
Michael Lewis was there when it happened, having got to know Bankman-Fried during his epic rise.
In Going Infinite, he tells us a story like no other, taking us through the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own.
Both a psychological portrait of a preternaturally gifted thinking machine and a wild financial roller-coaster ride, this is a twenty-first-century epic of high-frequency trading and even higher stakes.
Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241651117
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