The Match King leaders & dreamers

The Match King leaders & dreamersAt the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish 'migr' Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies. His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression. Yet after Kreuger's suicide in 1932, the true nature of his empire emerged. Driven by success to adopt ever more perilous practices, Kreuger had turned to shell companies in tax havens, fudged accounting figures,

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