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The Gates Foundation uncovered the massive fraud at the Abraaj Group
“The Gates Foundation did invest with them, and they were the ones who figured out that something was wrong.”
Helmsley passed on Abraaj after its founder announced an absurd $10B fund
“The tipping point came when the founder announced that he was going to raise a ten billion dollar fund. We all looked at each other, and we said, ten billion dollars in emerging markets, private equity, venture capital? The numbers don't add up. And so we just…”