The Trolls Of Wall Street How The Outcasts And Insurgents Ar

The dramatic story of an improbable gang of self-proclaimed “degenerates” who made WallStreetBets into a cultural movement that moved from the fringes of the internet to the center of Wall Street, upending the global financial markets and changing how an entire generation thinks about money, investing, and themselves.
Jaime Rogozinski and Jordan Zazzara were not what anyone would mistake for traditional financial power players.
But they turned WallStreetBets, a subreddit focused on risky financial trading, into one of the most disruptive forces to bubble up from the fringes of the internet.
This crude and unassuming message board harnessed the power of memes and trolling to create a new kind of online community.
The group intertwined with the distrust and turmoil of our times and spoke to a generation of young men who were struggling to find their place in the world.
Deeply reported and fast moving, The Trolls of Wall Street is the suspenseful story of the people who made and lost millions, battling with each other—and with Wall Street—for power and status.
It is a sobering account of how millions of young Americans became obsessed with money and the markets, casting a long and lasting influence over finance, politics, and popular culture.
The dramatic story of an improbable gang of self-proclaimed “degenerates” who made WallStreetBets into a cultural movement that moved from the fringes of the internet to the center of Wall Street, upending the global financial markets and changing how an entire generation thinks about money, investing, and themselves.
Jaime Rogozinski and Jordan Zazzara were not what anyone would mistake for traditional financial power players.
But they turned WallStreetBets, a subreddit focused on risky financial trading, into one of the most disruptive forces to bubble up from the fringes of the internet.
This crude and unassuming message board harnessed the power of memes and trolling to create a new kind of online community.
The group intertwined with the distrust and turmoil of our times and spoke to a generation of young men who were struggling to find their place in the world.
Deeply reported and fast moving, The Trolls of Wall Street is the suspenseful story of the people who made and lost millions, battling with each other—and with Wall Street—for power and status.
It is a sobering account of how millions of young Americans became obsessed with money and the markets, casting a long and lasting influence over finance, politics, and popular culture.