By his reckoning, Jorge Pérez may have lost more money than anyone in the 2008 financial crisis. The founder of the Related Group, Florida’s largest property developer, watched $3bn in condominium sales evaporate as buyers walked away from towers that would become emblems of the property crisis. To make matters worse, as Pérez was haggling with lenders over some $2.5bn in debts, doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour in his pancreas that would require 11 hours of surgery.
根据他自己的估计,豪尔赫•佩雷斯(Jorge Pérez)可能是2008年金融危机中损失最多的人。佛罗里达最大的房地产开发商Related Group的创始人眼睁睁地看着 30 亿美元的公寓销售额化为乌有,因为买家放弃了那些将成为房地产危机象征的高楼。更糟的是,就在佩雷斯与贷款人就约 25 亿美元的债务讨价还价时,医生在他的胰腺中发现了一个高尔夫球大小的肿瘤,需要进行 11 个小时的手术。