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• Fast-paced narrative that reads like a work of fiction despite recounting actual events


• After spending two years as a world-class blackjack player, Gupta took his gambling knowledge to the world of high finance, creating an investment methodology that resulted in an unprecedented 103 months of positive returns while managing money at large hedge funds on Wall Street.


• Gupta offers a rare insider’s look into the world of high finance, from a unique and original voice. Anyone who has ever rooted for the underdog will enjoy reading about how Gupta turned the tables on the casinos as well as on Wall Street. Gupta was present at the epicenter of the 2008 financial crisis and Play It Right traces the path of the disaster.


• Gupta is a native of India and, while most of the book takes place in America, the 125 million English-speaking residents of India as well as the Indo-American diaspora will be interested in learning about his adventures. The book is being simultaneously released in India by Bloomsbury India with a robust marketing and publicity campaign.


• Gupta is a well-respected figure in the financial industry, with connections to media such as CNBC, MSNBC, CNN International, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times.


• Smith Publicity, voted the #1 book marketing company by WritingTips in 2020, will lead promotion for this book’s U.S. campaign.


• The Wolf of Wall Street is Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film worldwide, proving an appetite for real-life stories behind the world of Wall Street and the 2008 financial crisis.


• Perfect for readers of Maria Konnikova’s The Biggest Bluff.


• Gupta left UBS, turning down a lucrative offer from HSBC, to join the newly-formed London Hedge Fund, Brevan Howard, that was started by a number of ex-Credit Suisse Traders. There, Kamal had another 40-month streak of positive returns, before the collapse of Lehman Brothers brought world markets crashing down.

Audience

• Readers of business books, and particularly the finance and investment sub-genres


• Readers of books like The Wolf of Wall Street, Liar’s Poker, and The Biggest Bluff


• Individual investors still wondering how the 2008-2009 financial crisis happened


• People interested in professional blackjack and poker


• The Indo-Canadian and Indo-American Diaspora

Kamal Gupta earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi — entering the elite institution after only completing eleventh grade — and received a master’s in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in just 11 months. Bored in the tech world, he turned himself into a professional blackjack player. An unexpected turn of events brought him to Wall Street, where for over two decades he beat the odds in every imaginable way. Gupta lives in the greater New York City area with his family.

“Kamal Gupta’s Play It Right proves once again that life writes the best stories in this highly entertaining and humorous memoir that offers a peek behind the scenes of Wall Street.” — 24Symbols

“Mr. Gupta is a raconteur par excellence. His autobiographical account could give any good work of fiction a run for its money. Those keen on blackjack and bond trading may even pick up a handy trick or two and have a jolly good time devouring this utterly enjoyable read.”— The Business Standard