The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

Before Madoff, before Enron, there was Ivar Kreuger — the Swedish match magnate who built an empire on smoke and mirrors, fooling Wall Street's brightest minds in the process. This is financial scandal at its most audacious: a Jazz Age swindler whose schemes laid the groundwork for a century of corporate fraud. Part biography, part financial thriller, it's a page-turner that reads like fiction but hits harder because it's devastatingly real. Perfect for anyone obsessed with true crime, financial history, or spectacular human hubris.