Biography chronicling the dramatic rise and fall of Bernard “Bernie” Cornfeld, who built Investors Overseas Services (IOS) into a multibillion-dollar offshore fund-of-funds empire in the 1960s. Traces his path from immigrant social worker in the U.S. to flamboyant financier in Switzerland, pioneering aggressive sales and marketing tactics, which led to rapid international growth. The book reveals deep structural flaws in IOS that ultimately led to a spectacular collapse.