Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever Free Audiobook Download by Robin Wigglesworth

The book tells the story of the rise of index investing and its effect on the financial world. It is written by Robin Wigglesworth, an award-winning Financial Times journalist who was given access to those who brought about this change in finance. The book has been compared to other popular books such as "The Big Short" and "Flash Boys."

Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever is a captivating story about the early days of Wall Street, when a band of outlaws created the first 'index fund' - an investment scheme that would change the game forever.

Trillions tells the story of how a handful of young, talented men invented the index fund and changed finance forever. The guiding spirit behind this new way of investing was John Bogle, a former professor and then-Wall Street insider who founded Vanguard in 1975 to offer an alternative to inefficient stock picking and high fees charged by investment bankers for managing America’s savings. "Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever" is told from the point of view of one such renegade, as well as from that of a woman who saw her father lose his life savings on risky investments.

Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever is an inspiring story of how these renegade traders took on the financial system and won.

It would be challenging to say that any one person had a significant impact on the market. However, it's not hard to argue that no individual has had more of an impact than Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group.