Copyright © 2009, 2010 by Gregory Zuckerman

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Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Broadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2009.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zuckerman, Gregory.
The greatest trade ever: the behind-the-scenes story of how John Paulson defied Wall Street and made financial history / Gregory Zuckerman. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Paulson, John Alfred, 1955– 2. Hedge funds—United States. 3. Hedging (Finance) I. Title.
HG4930.Z83 2009
332.64′5092—dc22
[B] 2009033255

Ebook ISBN: 9780385529938

Frontispiece : John Paulson (Mike McGregor / Contour by Getty Images)

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