Bill Bartmann Still Standing

By G.W. Schulz

re·sil·ience n 1: the ability of a body to regain its original size after being compressed, bent, or stretched 2: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to change or misfortune

Bill Bartmann slaughtered pigs before he became a millionaire, twice, and a candidate for bankruptcy, twice, then a billionaire and darling of Wall Street, then the target of a massive, 58-count federal indictment and defendant in a flurry of civil law suits, then a winner of acquittal, then a pawn broker and fringe banker and now manager of a firm that connects homeowners with well-reputed repair contractors and a touring lecturer.

Over and over, nearing the predictability of a conveyer belt, Bartmann has met spectacular successes and unbelievable failures.

And he is very proud of it, betting that he can make a good living, if not another fortune, on telling his fabulously non-fiction story.

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