About the Author

Simon Clark (Author)
Simon Clark is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist at The Wall Street Journal in London. A British citizen, he has been a journalist since 2000, reporting on a wide range of financial, economic and political subjects such as the poppy fields of Afghanistan, the copper mines of Congo and the banks in the City of London.

Will Louch (Author)
Will Louch is a British reporter at The Wall Street Journal based in New York.

Reviews

A scorching epilogue... This is tough stuff and this is a tough book that should contribute to much greater scepticism about the bloated financial system
*The Sunday Times*

Impeccably researched and sumptuous in its detail...It is a page-turner, built around a riveting portrait of the key man of the title. Mr. Naqvi who comes across as a teeming mass of contradictions
*The Economist*

A pacy and deeply-reported tale
*Financial Times*

Gripping... The account raises questions over whether 'impact investing' and 'stakeholder capitalism' are less about poverty alleviation for the world than guilt alleviation for the Davos elite
*Guardian*

For an astonishing story of how the global economy can be manipulated, read the devastating account in The Key Man
*David Ignatius, Washington Post*

A riveting account of the intertwining of brilliance and greed... Should be a mandatory read at all schools of journalism and business schools. It's a rare tour de force from which both can learn
*Business Standard, India*

Clark and Louch have done an outstanding job in untangling the knots that usually keep the secretive world of private equity out of reach for most people
*Pakistan's Dawn*

This excellent book, which is more true crime than finance, describes in cinematic detail how Naqvi and his colleagues pumped up valuations, moved money between the company, its funds and their personal accounts, and lied about performance
*Reuters*

It's a sorry tale, one that raises important questions about our ability to deliver 'ethical' capitalism
*Chris Blackhurst, The National*

Spellbinding. You won't want to put the book down
*Eileen Applebaum, coauthor of Private Equity at Work*