The rise and fall of Tim Leissner, Goldman Sachs’ big man in Malaysia

The rise and fall of Tim Leissner, Goldman Sachs’ big man in Malaysia

A man walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, REUTERS/Olivia Harris

The prime minister of Malaysia had a message for the crowd at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in September 2013. “We cannot have an egalitarian society — it’s impossible to have an egalitarian society,” Najib Razak said. “But certainly we can achieve a more equitable society.”

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