{"product_id":"the-big-steal-how-steel-tycoon-sanjeev-gupta-fooled-australia-and-the-world","title":"The Big Steal: How steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta fooled Australia and the world","description":"\u003cp\u003eEntrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta was going to rescue the Australian, UK, European and US steel industries-and save the planet with green steel. He did none of these things, but he did get very rich. This is the extraordinary story, told for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanjeev 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorporate 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unputdownable. Barry remains a master storyteller.' Joe Aston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Paul has not only laid out in typically merciless detail the fantasy world of a sort of industrial Charles Ponzi but has also shown us how desperate are the politicians and media to believe in fantasies that suit them.' Alan Kohler AM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Big Steal is non-fiction, with all the trappings of fiction; livelihoods at stake, infectious promises, corporate villains, suckers, politics and ultimate betrayal - all wrapped up in a blanket of desperation, strain and intense emotion.' Rex Patrick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The story of the flashy entrepreneur, surrounded by lackeys, promising the world while bleeding it dry is one for our time.'Chris Masters\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340950585515,"sku":"9781761473517","price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/3732\/9579\/files\/9781761473517.jpg?v=1783135963","url":"https:\/\/notjustbooks.com.au\/products\/the-big-steal-how-steel-tycoon-sanjeev-gupta-fooled-australia-and-the-world","provider":"Not Just Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}