The James Altucher Show

The Villain's Journey of the Criminal Mastermind, Paul Le Roux with Evan Ratliff

Episode Summary

In this episode, I was joined by Evan Ratliff, an American journalist, and author, to talk about the stories and the reporting on a criminal and crime lord equivalent of Elon Musk, Paul Le Roux. How Paul Le Roux rose to power, how he smuggled drugs, and how he ordered an assassination!

Episode Notes

How does one become a criminal mastermind? How does one turn into a villain? 

In this episode,  I was joined by Evan Ratliff, an American journalist, and author, to talk about his book, The Mastermind, A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord.

What is fascinating about his book, and his reporting is that Paul Le Roux, is like the criminal and crime lord equivalent of Elon Musk, where he is tech savvy, and well-versed in technology, and engineering!

And at the same time, he also fits into the "Villini's Journey Arc", where he was a genuine and kind-hearted guy,  but due to some obstacles, he turned 180 and started falling into the path of the villain! At some point, Paul Le Roux also mentioned that he wanted to be the biggest criminal out there.

Listen to the episode and find out more!

Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!

My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!

Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.

I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.

Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:

Apple Podcasts

Stitcher

iHeart Radio

Spotify

Follow me on Social Media:

YouTube

Twitter

Facebook