# Billions to Bust and Back: How I Made, Lost and Rebuilt a Fortune

**Date**: Thursday, November 12, 2015
**Location**: New York, NY
*\*By invitation only*

NYU Stern's [Office of Alumni and Development Relations](/portal-partners/alumni) will host Author Thor Björgólfsson (BS '91) in a conversation with Matthew Bishop, US Business Editor of *The Economist*. Following the interview, there will be a reception and book signing with Björgólfsson.

Learn more about the event [here](http://nyustern.imodules.com/s/1068/GroupBus/social.aspx?sid=1068&gid=2&sitebuilder=1&pgid=11359&cid=17531&ecid=17531&crid=0&calpgid=7134&calcid=11582).

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— 11/12/2015

![Thor Björgólfsson](/sites/default/files/styles/480w/public/assets/images/thor-article.jpg?itok=7XTSrzHZ)