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Money Talks: The Gambler Who Bet on Alibaba

2024/10/29
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In this Money Talks: the man who would bet billions on a coin toss. Host Felix Salmon )chats with Lionel Barber, whose new book Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World’s Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son)* *reveals how the man who backed Alibaba became the world’s biggest maverick investor, throwing fortunes at enterprises that could either succeed spectacularly or go down in flames.

Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.

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