When Alan Bond died in 2015, The Australian Financial Review recorded that the British-born tycoon had soared and plunged “from high-flying businessman and America’s Cup hero to one of Australia’s biggest fraudsters”.
Where Bond’s spectacular corporate life is concerned, no hyperbole is over the top. Even after descending into bankruptcy and serving time in jail, Bond remade his fortune and died a wealthy man in 2015.
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Elizabeth Fortescue writes the Saleroom column and about the visual arts. She was previously arts editor at The Daily Telegraph and is Australia correspondent for The Art Newspaper.
