The Rogue Trader claim to fame
The man who single-handedly ruined England's oldest bank, Barings, Nick Leeson made such an impession on the media that Ewan McGregor ended up playing him in the movie. In a nutshell, he made some bad derivatives trades which moved the other way on him to the tune of about 1.3 billion dollars (yes, that's with a "b").
Where are they now?
As of an interview with the "East Asian Review" in late 2000, Nick was reportedly taking a psychology degree at
Middlesex and "waiting for the litigation against the auditors to start". I guess he's suing them for giving him
enough rope to hang himself (and the bank).
According to the "fade-to-black" in the movie, Barings was
sold to Dutch ING Bank for a grand total of 1 pound.
Update July/2004: Nick is a "celebrity gambler" now, and is a regular at
celebpoker.com where people like you and me can play
Texas Hold'em with people like
Nick Leeson and
Lou Diamond Philips
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