Ugly Americans The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions

The true story of John Malcolm, a hungry young Princeton grad who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream & ultimately pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets. Malcolm was prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He & his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, & drugs-fueled edge -- kids running billion dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class soap housesÓ (brothels) & at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East. A story of extremes that follows a trail from Princeton to Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, & Bermuda, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, & glamour.Mezrich, Ben is the author of 'Ugly Americans The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756788056 and ISBN 0756788056.