The unimaginable success of a gambling and investment legend
A New York Times bestseller
In a remarkable career, Edward O. Thorp rose up from nothing to become a professor at MIT, invented card counting and the world’s first wearable computer, beat the casinos of Las Vegas at blackjack and roulette, then became a bestselling author and a hedge fund heavyweight, ushering in a revolution on Wall Street. Now he shares his incredible life story for the first time, revealing how he made his fortune and giving advice to the next generation of investors. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom, A Man for All Markets is a scarcely imaginable tale of ludicrous success.
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‘Thorp secured prizes, scholarships a professorship and assassination attempt by the mob…[A] rattling read.’
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Business Life (British Airways magazine)"
‘A lively read.’
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MoneyWeek"
‘In A Man for All Markets, [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment. ’
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Wall Street Journal"
‘In A Man for All Markets, [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment.’
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Wall Street Journal"
‘Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for would-be gamblers and day traders.’
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Library Journal"
‘The kind of thing any would-be investor, to say nothing of casino cowboy, ought to read. Thorp’s in-the-trenches account of gaming the system(s) is a pleasure – and instructive, too.’
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Kirkus