The Club Welcomes Author Ben Mezrich
A rare evening with bestselling author, Ben Mezrich, of Bringing Down the House (New York Times bestseller and the basis for the hit movie 21) and The Accidental Billionaires (the basis for the Academy Award winning The Social Network).
Mezrich’s upcoming book, Once Upon a Time in Russia is the untold true story of billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to reap riches after the fall of the Soviet regime: Godfather of the Kremlin, Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich, his dashing young protégé who built a multi-billion-dollar oil and aluminum empire.
Written with the heart-stopping pacing of a thriller—this story of amassing wealth and power depicts a world seldom seen up close. Under Berezovsky, Abramovich built one of Russia’s largest oil companies, but their relationship frayed when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media, and had to flee to the UK. Abramovich continued to prosper while dead bodies trailed Berezovsky; threats followed him to the UK, Berezovsky himself was later found dead.
6:30pm cash bar reception, 7:00pm lecture, gratis. Advance reservations required.
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