Some of the conversations recounted in this book took place over long periods of time, in multiple locations, and thus some conversations and scenes were re-created and compressed. I have based this dialogue on the recollections of participants of the substance of conversations. I do employ the technique of re-created dialogue. Other than the handful of public figures who populate this story, names and personal descriptions have been altered. In some instances, details of settings and descriptions have been changed or imagined, and identifying details of certain people altered to protect their privacy. I have tried to keep the chronology as close to exact as possible. Other scenes are written in a way that describes individual perceptions without endorsing them. I re-created the scenes in the book based on the information I uncovered from documents and interviews, and my best judgment as to what version most closely fits the documentary record. Trying to paint a scene from the memories of dozens of sources - some direct witnesses, some indirect - can often lead to discrepancies. There are a number of different - and often contentious - opinions about some of the events that took place. The Accidental Billionaires is a dramatic, narrative account based on dozens of interviews, hundreds of sources, and thousands of pages of documents, including records from several court proceedings.
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