Swiss journalist Daniel Ammann has accomplished the truly impossible. It was to him that Mark Rich - a billionaire, a legendary trader who changed the pattern of world oil trade, “the most controversial businessman of all time” - once agreed to tell the story of his incredible life. For many years, he hid from American justice, made sensational deals bypassing international sanctions , even flew around the oil fields of Siberia in the early 1990s on a private jet full of cash dollars, looking for the best prices. This book, which became an international bestseller, is the least like the typical story of a successful entrepreneur: it is full of risk, a spirit of adventure and exciting stories , which you will not find in any other business biography.