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Kit Chellel

Business

The Triple Jeopardy of a Chinese Math Prodigy

A secretive hedge fund used the British court system to punish an IP thief‚ even though he was already in jail.

Kit Chellel, Jeremy Hodges Bloomberg Businessweek Nov 2018 20min Permalink

Business Sports

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code

Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

Kit Chellel Bloomberg Business May 2018 25min Permalink

Business World

Hot Mess: How Goldman Sachs Lost $1.2 Billion of Libya’s Money

The Libyan Investment Authority was brand new, staffed by people who barely understood finance and had billions to invest. Goldman Sachs saw a whale. Now the Libyans want their money back.

Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel Bloomberg Business Sep 2016 20min Permalink