Sam Bankman-Fried decided at the last minute he didn't want to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, leaving organizers scrambling

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 04:51

A close-up of Sam Bankman-Fried. — Sam Bankman-Fried often canceled on meetings, according to his biographer.
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Sam Bankman-Fried was supposed to speak at the WEF's flagship event in Davos.
However, he decided not to show up the night before the event, per Michael Lewis' biography on the disgraced FTX founder.
Lewis wrote SBF would cancel on people "because he'd done some math in his head that proved that you weren't worth the time."

Sam Bankman-Fried was supposed to speak at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos — but decided to pull out at the last minute, according to Michael Lewis' biography on the former FTX CEO.