The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal

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But he also came across as rude and arrogant, as though he thought he was better than everyone else. The FBI investigation required months of work with local task force officers in Sparta, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U. Holmes’s health technology firm raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from supporters in Silicon Valley and got the backing of a roster of supposedly smart businesspeople and politicians. a source for the author, his objective seems to have been to make himself look good and make the loan GA took from Greensill look less suspect than it clearly was.Though there was none of the wackiness of the tech scene or the wild partying of the seedier corners of the City, Greensill Capital was anything but cheap. Duncan wrote and edited the Journal's influential Heard on the Street column for several years, and was the Journal's Financial Editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Greensill found it difficult to make any money doing it, and so started to finance riskier borrowers, taking out credit insurance to obviate the higher risk of default. The population was still just about thirty thousand, but they were increasingly wired into the Queensland and Australian economy. He’d also expanded his CV, collecting a list of impressive accolades: world champion of the 1998 Junior Chamber International Public Speaking Competition; finalist in the 1999 Young Australian of the Year Awards (he was beaten by Bryan Gaensler, an astronomer and expert in magnetic fields and supernova remnants); two-term appointee to the Asia Pacific Development Council on bilateral trade and education ties; 1998 Young Citizen of the Year for Shire of Burnett in Queensland.

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As early as 2014, Greensill had a desk in Cameron’s Downing Street with a brief to pitch ideas on “supply chain finance” across Whitehall. my personal drive, fiercely competitive nature, and the ability to perform under pressure for extended periods make me an ideal business associate.

His twin careers in journalism and politics have seen him fired for making up quotes, sacked for a secret affair and investigated over the lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. And it has sparked a renewed furore over allegations of sleaze at the heart of the ruling Conservative (Tory) Party. This is a personality cut from the pages of GQ, somebody obsessed by the need to have the very best in suits, air travel and business cards.