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Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam He Is: An Exclusive Prison Chat With S.B.F.

On a recent Tuesday, I went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for an intimate chat with America’s most famous prisoner, Sam Bankman-Fried. During our 75-minute conversation, we discussed everything from Caroline Ellison and the travails of his new life, to his regrets about the demise of FTX and his forthcoming appeal.
William D. Cohan • May 9, 2024
Eriq Gardner • April 1, 2024
S.B.F.’s Appeal Chances & The New Crypto Frontiers
Sam Bankman-Fried
News and notes on the quarter-century sentencing heard round the world, plus the legal and regulatory jiu-jitsu of a new breed of finance frontiersmen.
Eriq Gardner • March 5, 2024
S.B.F.’s Sentencing Game Theory
Sam Bankman-Fried
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers appear to be setting the stage to appeal his sentence—and potentially redefine the definition of fraud, itself.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Theodore Schleifer • February 7, 2024
Kennedy’s Fantasy Veepstakes & The S.B.F. Brady Draft
Exclusive reporting on some of the most bewildering murmurs emanating from the political donor inner sanctum: R.F.K.’s attempt to add Andrew Yang to his ticket and Sam Bankman-Fried’s plan to draft Tom Brady for president. Good luck!
Since his conviction, Sam Bankman-Fried’s multi-hundred-million-dollar bet on Anthropic, the effective altruist-aligned A.I. company, has looked increasingly prescient.
Theodore Schleifer • January 3, 2024
S.B.F.’s $3 Billion Complexifier
Sam Bankman-Fried’s prescient investment in Anthropic—now worth multiple billions—might help make his defrauded FTX investors whole. How will this impact his parents? His narrative? Or even his sentencing?
When rumors leaked earlier this month that Yellowstone may end after its current fifth season because Kevin Costner is locked in a standoff over his shooting dates, few associated with the show were surprised.
The Editors • December 19, 2023
Puck’s Biggest Stories of 2023
In the past year, Puck’s expanding roster of superstar reporters broke the news surrounding Shari Redstone’s fire sale, Kevin Costner’s war with Yellowstone, Chris Licht’s CNN ouster, and Kylie Jenner’s foray into fast fashion, just to name a few. Herewith, 15 of the biggest stories that defined this year.
“I’ve never had better material,” Michael Lewis said. “The material is unbelievable. And it was. But it had to pass through this American moral filter.”
William D. Cohan • November 26, 2023
Michael Lewis Has More Thoughts on S.B.F.
The bestselling author of Going Infinite hits back at the “shit show” criticism of his book, the spectacle inside the courtroom, and S.B.F.’s putative $5 billion offer to Trump.
Since the start of the WBD journey, according to David Zaslav, the company has paid down $12 billion of debt and is generating “over $5 billion in free cash flow” at the moment.
William D. Cohan • November 12, 2023
Zaz-Adjusted EBITDA
An examination of the hidden green shoots at WBD. Plus, notes on the latest maneuvers at BDT & MSD Partners, and how S.B.F.’s downfall is reverberating through the crypto universe.
There’s never been a defendant quite like Sam Bankman-Fried.
Theodore Schleifer & Eriq Gardner • November 1, 2023
Sam I Am
The financial trial of the century is wrapping up the only way it ever could: with Sam Bankman-Fried betting big on himself.
Elon has developed a reputation among Republican fundraisers during his redpilled era as a political flirt.
Theodore Schleifer • October 24, 2023
The Elon-Vivek Sweepstakes & More Ellisonology
New dish on Musk’s budding presidential bromance, how Larry Ellison ghosted Tim Scott, and a new S.B.F. dark-money casualty.