"So, you're telling me that he deliberately took on the buildings and then sold them during the crash to minimize the losses?" Jeff Bezos asked, his eyes narrowing as he absorbed the information.
What he was discussing with Stuart was Richard's feat of amassing his first fortune by buying buildings in bulk in Islington, London.
Sitting on the left-hand sofa, Stuart — who had helped Richard with this for the first time — was equally curious. "To be honest, I was the one who helped him with it, but I was curious myself, so I asked him, and that's what he explained."
"is that so?"
"I had no idea he was thinking so deeply. He could have easily taken a big hit and put himself in a difficult position," Stuart remarked as he relayed everything to Bezos. "If he hadn't sold the buildings in advance, he would have lost at least millions in the crash," he pointed out.
