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The Pomp Podcast

349: Tom Wright on the Billion Dollar Whale

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Tom Wright is a co-author of the best selling book Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World. He is a Hong Kong-based journalist who previously spent years with The Wall Street Journal. In 2011, he was also one of the first journalists to arrive at the scene of the raid in which Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. In this conversation, we discuss the best selling book, the process required to confirm so many details and facts, who tried to stop him and how, what the craziest stories he uncovered were, where he thinks Jho Low is, and how he anticipates large frauds to continue to happen around the world. =============================== The Helium Hotspot is a new product that enables the people, not the telcos, to own and operate a wireless network in their city for Internet of Things devices. You can literally earn crypto for helping to build the network and providing connectivity to Internet of Things devices sending small bits of data. Join the movement and get your Helium Hotspot today with $50 off using the code POMP at helium.com.  =============================== The World Series of Trading (WSOT) is the first of its kind to bring the exhilaration of crypto trading competition to the global stage. WSOT believes in the importance of empowering traders who embody the passion and power for crypto trading. This bi-annual event aims to champion the spirit of competition, fair play, and cultivate camaraderie among crypto derivatives traders from around the world with the ultimate goal of creating positive change in the crypto space. This year’s prize pool is a whopping 200 BTC. Sign up here: http://www.bybit.com/wsot_warmup? =============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

0:05.3

podcast. Simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Tom Wright is a co-author

0:13.1

of the bestselling book Billion Dollar Whale, The Man Who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and The World.

0:19.0

He is a Hong Kong-based journalist who previously spent years with the Wall Street Journal.

0:23.6

In 2011, he was also one of the first journalists to arrive at the scene of the raid in

0:27.4

which Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.

0:30.2

In this conversation, we discussed the best-selling book, the process required to confirm

0:34.6

so many details and facts, who tried to stop him and how?

0:38.7

What the craziest stories he uncovered were?

0:41.6

How and where he thinks Joe Lo is?

0:44.5

And how he anticipates large frauds to continue to happen around the world.

0:48.6

I really enjoyed this conversation with Tom, and I hope you do as well.

0:52.9

Before we get into this episode, though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.

0:56.0

The first is Helium.

0:58.0

The Helium Hot Spot is a new product that enables the people, not the telcos,

1:02.0

to own and operate a wireless network in their city for Internet of Things devices.

1:07.0

That's right, the telcos historically have had a monopoly on wireless networks, but now we're decentralizing that ownership and allowing for the everyday person to own and operate a wireless network in their city.

1:19.2

You can literally earn crypto for helping to build the network and providing connectivity to internet of famous devices.

1:25.1

You can join the movement and get your helium hotspot today with $50 off

1:28.8

using the code POMP at helium.com. I've got one set up. It's super easy. It took me literally

1:35.3

three minutes to get it up and running. And I love the idea of democratizing access, ownership,

1:41.3

and operations from the telcos and giving the people the power of a wireless network.

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