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Kit Chellel

Business

The Essex Boys: How Nine Traders Hit a Gusher With Negative Oil

Over the course of a few hours on April 20, a guy called Cuddles and eight of his pals from the freewheeling world of London’s commodities markets rode oil’s crash to a $660 million profit.

Liam Vaughan, Kit Chellel, Benjamin Bain Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business Crime

Torture, Terror, and Revenge in Battle Over Fabled Irish Company

Sean Quinn was once a billionaire folk hero, but then things turned very dark in the borderlands.

Kit Chellel, Liam Vaughan Bloomberg Businessweek Jun 2020 Permalink

Crime Tech World

The Hacker Who Took Down a Country

Daniel Kaye, also known as Spdrman, found regular jobs tough but corporate espionage easy. He’s about to get out of prison.

Kit Chellel Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2019 20min Permalink

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