The spectacular fall of Eike Batista

Just last year, Brazilian Eike Batista was one of the richest people on the planet. But no longer - the oil baron fell victim to his own megalomania.

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Once valued at $34bn, Eike Batista is now $800m in the red

If Brazil's Eike Batista was a superstitious man, he might "track the start of his spectacular fall from grace to one night in March last year", says the Financial Times.

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