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Billion Dollar Whale

Biography & History

Billion Dollar Whale

Tom Wright and Bradley Hope

By late 2010, Leonardo DiCaprio, a Hollywood icon, found himself drawn into the orbit of Jho Low, a mysterious financier whose lavish promises offered DiCaprio the creative freedom Hollywood’s studios denied him. Low, eager to fund *The Wolf of Wall Street*, a project DiCaprio had championed since acquiring the rights in 2007, launched Red Granite Pictures and financed the film with millions siphoned from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund. Low’s journey to this point was marked by audacious schemes, from fabricating wealth to gain elite connections at Harrow School to exploiting his ties with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Through calculated manipulation, Low established 1MDB as a vehicle for personal enrichment, diverting billions through fraudulent ventures with PetroSaudi and other entities. Despite mounting suspicions and growing public outrage over corruption in Malaysia, Low’s schemes unraveled only after whistleblowers exposed his financial misdeeds, setting off a global scandal. As Najib’s regime crumbled in 2018, Low fled, leaving behind a trail of deception that reshaped the political and financial landscape.

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This gripping narrative unravels the meteoric rise and fall of Jho Low, a Malaysian financier who masterminded one of the largest financial frauds in history. Set against a backdrop of Hollywood glamour, global politics, and staggering corruption, the story delves into Low’s audacious schemes, from exploiting sovereign wealth funds to funding extravagant films like *The Wolf of Wall Street*. With a cast of powerful figures, shady deals, and relentless ambition, it’s a tale of deception, greed, and the high-stakes pursuit of influence. At its core, this is a cautionary exploration of unchecked power and the cost of moral compromise.

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Tom Wright is a Wall Street Journal reporter best known for his coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden and the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh. Wright regularly reports from Malaysia was named 2016 Journalist of the Year by the Society of Publishers in Asia.

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