The Big Steal

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Sanjeev Gupta is a fast-talking billionaire with all the trappings of success. He boasts world-class charm, a huge appetite for risk, and a remarkable ability to inspire belief. The media christens him the 'Saviour of Steel'. When he jets into Whyalla in South Australia to buy its bankrupt steelworks in 2017, Gupta is given a royal reception. He promises to invest billions of dollars in a mega green steel plant that will help save the planet. Now, his promises are unfulfilled, and his global empire is collapsing. Corporate cops from several countries are chasing him for suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering. They are focusing on his dealings with a British shadow bank run by a former Bundaberg sugar cane farmer, Lex Greensill, who hired Britain's ex-PM David Cameron as a consultant and lent a whopping US$5 billion to the Gupta Family Group. This is the incredible story of the meteoric rise and fall of an entrepreneur which will leave you asking: how on earth do people like Gupta get away with it? 'Unputdownable. Barry remains a master storyteller.' Joe Aston 'A riveting account of a fast-talking, master manipulator who fooled the corporate world and an adoring media pack. This disturbing tale of steel-tycoon Sanjeev Gupta will leave you seething with rage.' Kate McClymont 'Remarkable - a true story of shameless greed and governmental incompetence, told at a cracking pace and ending (inevitably) with a crash landing.' Geoffrey Watson SC 'Paul has not only la

• Binding: Hardcover

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