Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Hard to put down . . . Red Notice is part John Grisham-like thriller, part business and political memoir. (Andrew Ross Sorkin New York Times)Reads like a classic thriller, with an everyman hero alone and in danger in a hostile foreign city . . . but its all true. (Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series)The first half of Red Notice traces Browders improbable journey from prep-school washout through college, business school, and a series of consulting and Wall Street jobs before becoming Russias largest foreign investor....This book-within-a-book does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liars Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browders business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putins Russia, making Red Notice an early candidate for any list of the years best books. (Norman Pearlstine Fortune)The story of Sergei Magnitsky's life and death is a shocking true-life thriller, and Bill Browder was the man to write it. (Tom Stoppard)In Red Notice, Bill Browder tells the harrowing and inspiring story of how his fight for justice in Russia made him an unlikely international human rights leader and Vladimir Putin's number-one enemy. It is the book for anyone interested in understanding the culture of corruption and impunity in Putin's Russia today, and Browders heroic example of how to fight back. (Senator John McCain)This book reads like a thriller, but it's a true, important, and inspiring real story. Bill Browder is an amazing moral crusader, and his book is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand Russia, Putin, or the challenges of doing business in the world today. (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators)A fascinating and unexpected story. (Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie)Browders true story is a heart-in-your-throat page turner, and the only close-up look I know of what its like to take on Putin. It is also a moving account of a man who found his calling, and ended up winning in the end. (Bryan Burrough, co-author of Barbarians at the Gate and author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich)A fascinating, heart-stopping account of how to take on Putin--and win. It's exciting to read about Browder's roller-coaster ride to wealth in Russia, and to learn how his compassion for Sergei Magnitsky, his murdered lawyer, inspired his memorable struggle against the venal apparatchiks of a corrupt state. This is the gripping--and absolutely true--story behind the Magnitsky Law, a signal advance in human rights. (Geoffrey Robertson, human rights lawyer and author of Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice)This indispensable look at the brutal realities of the Putin regime is of even greater relevance thanks to Bill Browders unique expertise and personal experience inside the belly of the beast. (Garry Kasparov, Chess Grandmaster and author of How Life Imitates Chess). Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Since 2009, when his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered in prison after uncovering a 230 million fraud committed by Russian government officials, Browder has been leading a campaign to expose Russias endemic corruption and human rights abuses. Before founding Hermitage, Browder was vice president at Salomon Brothers. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Stanford Business School.