Show Notes
University of Chicago alumnus Bill Browder’s story sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller—except it’s all true. He just wanted to be a businessman, but his experience as a foreign investor in Russia would push him to become an international activist.
Today, Browder, AB’85, travels the globe trying to convince countries to adopt a law called the Magnitsky Act, which he says is the future of how we fight human rights abuse. The law is revolutionary in the way it targets these individuals where it hurts: their money.
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Transcript:
Paul Rand: If you know the name Bill Browder, you probably know that he’s considered.
Tape: Putin’s number one enemy.
Tape: Putin’s enemy number one.
Tape: Probably Putin’s number one enemy.
Tape: Browder has been called Putin enemy number one.
Bill Browder: So, I mean, I am, by some people’s measurements,…
