Money Stories: How Bill Hwang Lost Billions! Money Tips, Tricks & Tactics #35
In today’s video we discuss the money story of Bill Hwang and how he lost billions in the stock market…
Who would have thought you could lose that much money, that quickly? Bill Hwang has become famous for losing billions within a few days, after banks pulled the plug on the money they lent him for investments into various stocks. Such a catastrophic collapse caused a lot of watchful eyes from authorities who investigated the situation, which led him to be arrested.
So what exactly happened here and what lessons can we learn from this?
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7. EARLY LIFE
Bill Hwang was born in South Korea in
1964. He graduated from UCLA with an
economics degree then proceeded to
get an MBA from Carnegie Mellon
University. Raisied as a devout Christian,
his father was a pastor and mother a
missionary. His early career begun at
Hyundai securities as a securities
salesperson, before he was discovered by
one of his client's Julian Robertson.
8. PEREGRINE &
HYUNDAI
SECURITIES
In the beginning, Bill Hwang was working
as a secutiries salesperson for both Hyundai
& Peregrine Securities, where he met his
client Julian Robertson who was very
impressed by him,
TIGER ASIA
MANAGEMENT
Bill Hwang decided to work under Julian
Robertson at his hedge fund "Tiger
Management" but after Julian Robertson
closed his fund, Bill Hwang opened his
own fund "Tiger Asian Management" with
$25 million invested from Julian.
ARCHEGOS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT
However, "Tiget Asia Management" was
eventually closed down, due to being
found guilty of insider trading. But a
little while later he founded Archegos
Capital Management a family office,
which convinced several major banks to
place leveraged bets on multiple stocks.
CAREER
9. ARCHEGOS
CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT
But the stock markets fluctuated and the
banks requested margin calls or demand
more money as collateral, he failed to
comply and the banks liquidated over $20
billion of his positions to recover their
money.
NOW
In April 2022, Bill Hwang and his business
partner Patrick Halligan, where both arrested
and charged with rackteering conspiracy,
securitires fraud and wire fraud in a scheme
to hurt investors, but Bill Hwang was
released with a $100 million bond.
CAREER
10. Archegos Lost $20 Billion in
Two Days and closed down
FAILURES
Did you know?
Archegos lost over $20 billion in stock market
positions in two days, after they liquidated his
positions to recover cash, he was forced to
close down and is under investigation.
He was arrested and paid $100 million bail
secured by 2 properties and $5 million cash
Tiger Asia Management was forced to close
due to being found guilty of insider trading, Bill
Hwang paid a $44 million settlement to US
Securities and exchange commission and was
banned from trading in Hong Kong.
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$100 Million Bail Secured by 2
Properties and $5 Million Cash
2
Tiger Asia Management closed
and found guilty of insider trading
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