A juicy professional background report on Sir Allen Stanford has just landed in our inboxes (not commissioned by us, we’d add).
There’s lots in it, but this rather frivolous bit leapt out at us:
Per a March 12, 2007 Forbes piece, Stanford Financial provided $14 million in financing to the film “The Ultimate Gift,” described in the article as a “motion picture about intergenerational wealth transfer,” because the firm “liked the movie’s message, as well as its potential for use as a marketing tool.”
And a summary of “The Ultimate Gift” from the Internet Movie Database:
Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book “The Ultimate Gift” by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: “What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?”
We bet Stanford International investors have a pretty strong view about that particular question…
Related links:
Kill the old – FT Alphaville
You’re pulling my legacy – Forbes
‘The Ultimate Gift’ trailer – YouTube
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