Harry Markopolos

It took Harry Markopolos only five minutes to figure out that Bernie Madoff was a fraud. But it took him almost ten years of repeated red flag waving and covert communication to the SEC to get the world to see it. Finally, the truth is out and Markopolos, profiled on 60 Minutes and in The Wall Street Journal, has become a hero for our time.

Markopolos candidly explains his long fight to “gift wrap and deliver the biggest Ponzi scheme to the SEC ever” and reveals a captivating cloak-and-dagger story of one man and his tightly knit, highly-trained team of trusted allies that never gave up. By relying on his unique combination of skills as a 22-year veteran of the finance industry, he pieced together the facts and numbers and blew the whistle on Madoff.

With modesty, steely integrity, and self-deprecating humor, Markopolos offers not only an insider account of his actions, but a vivid examination of our financial system, articulating:

• What happened, how it happened, and why?
• Where do we go from here? There are more Bernie Madoffs out there yet to be exposed and prosecuted, so what does this mean to our already fragile economy?
• How can we fix the system and most importantly, prevent it from happening again?

One man making a big difference, Markopolos continues to fight the good fight against the many forces that have ripped apart our nation’s financial practices and upended our economy. A crusader for the truth, he forges ahead, working to ensure that a tragedy of this magnitude never happens again.