The Devil's Casino (37 page)

Robert E. “Bob” Diamond Jr., president and
CEO
of Barclays Capital, orchestrated the deal of the century.

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CREDIT: Barclays.

Nancy Dorn and George Walker at the Whitney fall party (September 2005).
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CREDIT: Matt Carasella. (c) Patrick McMullan.

Peregrine Moncreiffe in Scotland (1993).
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CREDIT: Mungo Meehan.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry “Hank” M. Paulson Jr. briefs the press on September 15, 2008. He later said, “I didn’t want to stand up and say, ‘Guess what? We’re sitting here naked. The United States of America is powerless.’ ”
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CREDIT: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images.