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Before his downfall for insider trading, Ivan Boesky boasted that “greed is alright.” His words were made famous by the movie “Wall Street.”

Ivan Boesky’s rapid rise and stunning downfall was emblematic of 1980s Wall Street excess and inspired Hollywood’s most notorious character, Gordon Gekko.
November 11, 2025 J.D. Blackwell


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