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Sheelah Kolhatkar is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former hedge fund analyst. Her work focuses on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the intersection of business, technology, and culture.
Known for: Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Black Edge is a gripping nonfiction account of the rise and fall of hedge fund SAC Capital and its founder, billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen. The book explores the culture of Wall Street, insider trading, and the U.S. government’s pursuit of one of the most powerful figures in finance. Through investigative reporting and interviews, Sheelah Kolhatkar reveals how the pursuit of 'black edge'—illicit information that gives traders an advantage—became central to the hedge fund’s success and downfall.
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The Birth of an Empire: Steven A. Cohen and the Genesis of SAC Capital
When Steven A. Cohen started his trading career at Gruntal & Co. in the 1970s, few could imagine how profoundly he would shape the hedge fund world. Cohen began as a quiet but relentless trader, distinguished not by charisma but by an almost supernatural ability to read market movements. His desk be...
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The Hedge Fund Boom and the Rise of Information as Commodity
The 1990s and early 2000s marked a revolution in finance. The deregulation of markets, the explosion of technology, and the influx of global capital gave birth to the modern hedge fund industry. SAC Capital rode that transformation with unmatched aggression. The fund epitomized the high-frequency cu...
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About Sheelah Kolhatkar
Sheelah Kolhatkar is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former hedge fund analyst. Her work focuses on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the intersection of business, technology, and culture. Black Edge is her first book and was a New York Times bestseller.
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Sheelah Kolhatkar is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former hedge fund analyst. Her work focuses on Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the intersection of business, technology, and culture.
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