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Bre-X, Enron and WorldCom made many men and women rich. For every financial catastrophe in our history somewhere lurking in the shadows people were profiting. Is it good timing or luck? The truth of the matter (and we already know it) is that such “investment wins” are the outcome of meticulously plotted actions. Yes, the financial world is vast. Yet much of it is controlled by a few key individuals.
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Lake, A., Kakabadse, A., Kakabadse, N. (2008). The Huntmaster and His Throne. In: The Elephant Hunters. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230583696_9
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