David Leppan is the co-founder of Wealth-X, a provider of information on ultrahigh-net-worth individuals. He has founded four other businesses, including World-Check, a database of individuals and companies known to represent a money laundering, fraud or compliance risk.
Q. Do you remember the first time you became a manager?
A. When I created World-Check with my ex-wife in 2000. I was 24, working for Thomson Financial, and I was responsible for their sales in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Austria. At the time there was a Swiss bank scandal over money transfers from the Nigerian general Sani Abacha;
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