''Rigged: The True Story of a Wall Street Novice who Changed the World of Oil Forever'' is a book by author Ben Mezrich. The book recounts the story of John D'Agostino, whom the book renames David Russo. The hardback of the book was number 10 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list in 2007, and was number 29 in paperback nonfiction on December 14, 2008.

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Mezrich maintains that the book is non-fiction despite the narrative style of writing. ''Rigged'' is published as a biography and described by D'Agostino as "95 percent true, 5 percent minor embellishment".

Synopsis

David Russo, fresh from

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, secures a job in Wall Street as the

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had just depressed the market. A chance meeting led to an opportunity at

New York Mercantile Exchange The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago. NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City. ...

—the world's largest energy exchange. At the Merc, he finds his working-class background helps him compete in the aggressive atmosphere. Russo quickly rises to become the Head of Strategy where he helps in the transition to electronic trading. In the aftermath of

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, Russo joined with colleagues to establish the

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, a partnership between NYMEX and the government of

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. Through this venture, Russo helped accelerate the development of capital markets in the region.

Film adaptation

Summit Entertainment Summit Entertainment, LLC (formerly the Summit Group, Summit Export Group, Summit Entertainment Group Inc., Summit Entertainment Limited, Summit Films Limited, and Summit Entertainment N.V.) is an American film production label of Lionsgate Film ...

acquired the screen rights to ''Rigged'' and the book has been optioned for movie production.

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