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The Greatest Trade Ever is the thrilling story of the trader John Paulson who predicted the economic crash in 2008 - and made the biggest windfall in history, by Gregory Zuckerman. Autumn 2008. The worlds finances collapse but one man makes a killing. John Paulson, a softly spoken hedge-fund manager who still took the bus to work, seemed unlikely to stake his career on one big gamble. But he did - and The Greatest Trade Ever is the story of how he realised that the sub-prime housing bubble was going to burst, making $15 Billion for his fund and more than $4 Billion for himself in a single year. Its a tale of folly and wizardry, individual brilliance versus institutional stupidity. John Paulson made the biggest winning bet in history. And this is how he did it. The definitive account of a sensational trade. (Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short). Extraordinary, excellent. (Observer). A must-read for anyone fascinated by financial madness. (Mail on Sunday). A forensic, read-in-one-sitting book. (Sunday Times). Simply terrific. Easily the best of the post-crash financial books. (Malcolm Gladwell).