135: Sheelah Kolhatkar How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

Published: July 27, 2017, 8:58 a.m.

b'Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst.\\nShe\\u2019s also the author of New York Times bestseller, Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street.\\nOf course, the most wanted man being referred to, is the ultra-wealthy hedge fund legend, Steven Cohen of S.A.C. Capital Advisors\\u2014someone who Sheelah has become very familiar with, through much of her own tireless and strenuous research\\u2026\\nDuring our conversation, Sheelah gives color to; where Steven started out in life and how he became an ultra-wealthy multi-billionaire\\u2014with, might I add, an elaborate art collection, how S.A.C. became the target of one of histories greatest insider trading investigations, and ultimately, how it all played out...\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'