Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rich Handler reckons he could have helped FTX.com avoid its current troubles if only Sam Bankman-Fried had taken his meeting earlier this year.
“Do you know Sam Bankman-Fried? He seems in over his head and could quickly be in a precarious position,” Handler wrote in a July 7 email to an unidentified colleague that the banking executive posted on his personal Twitter account. “Our expertise in rescuing financial services companies might make it worthwhile to meet w him and begin a relationship. Just a thought.”
