Bill Browder’s Red Notice reads like a thriller - and offers a salient view into human rights abuses by Putin’s regime.
The autobiography covers Browder’s family of left-wing mathematicians, his rebellious embrace of capitalism, and his career culminating in a successful Russia-focused hedge fund by the late 1990s. Investing in formerly state-owned enterprises led to some spectacular successes for Browder’s fund. Fighting corruption in the Russian court system was also initially successful. Within a few years, however, Browder and his team saw increased harrassment by various arms of the Russian state, from stonewalling in court proceedings to police raids and death threats.
