The Prince of Risk

Acknowledgments

It is my great pleasure to thank the following individuals for their assistance in the writing of this book: Jonathan Knee of Evercore Partners, David Ballard and Robert Sloan of S3 Partners, Drew Nordlicht of Hightower Partners, Nate Hughes at Stratfor, Stan Scheufler, Phil Trubey, Dr. Jon Shafqat, Doug Fischer, and Ted Janus.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Special Agent Anne Beagan of the FBI and her colleagues at the New York Counterterrorism Division and Joint Terrorism Task Force.

At Doubleday, I would like to thank my talented and energetic publishing team: Bill Thomas, Todd Doughty, John Pitts, Alison Rich, Rob Bloom, Bette Alexander, and, of course, my editor and good friend, Jason Kaufman.

Finally, I can’t say thank you enough to my incredible team at Inkwell Management: Michael Carlisle, Kim Witherspoon, David Hale Smith, Lyndsey Blessing, Alexis Hurley, Charlie Olsen, Eliza Rothstein, and, most of all, my agent, Richard Pine.