FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried had access to a litany of notable people in politics and business, but his closest relationship may have been in the sports world.
Although Bankman-Fried reportedly wasn’t a big sports fan, being partial instead to video games like League of Legends, he agreed to eight-figure partnerships with Tom Brady and his then wife Gisele Bündchen to serve as “ambassadors” for FTX. Brady, in particular, appeared in TikTok videos, at events, and in commercials promoting Bankman-Fried and the company. In 2021, the former quarterback also signed an endorsement deal that promised him $30 million almost entirely in FTX stock, according to the New York Times.
In reality, Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Brady and Bündchen began when SBF reportedly agreed to pay Brady $55 million and Bündchen nearly $20 million for 20 hours of their time yearly over three years, according to a Washington Post essay adapted from Michael Lewis’s new book on FTX, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, which will be released Tuesday. For context, in one of his last seasons in the NFL, Brady earned about $30 million for his on-field performance with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to Forbes.
What started as a very comfortable arrangement for Brady blossomed into a friendship, according to a 60 Minutes interview with Lewis that aired on Sunday. Lewis said Brady “adored” SBF.
“I think Tom Brady thought he was just a really interesting person. I think he liked to hear what he had to say,” Lewis said.
And although SBF’s interests differed wildly from those of the seven-time Super Bowl–winning quarterback, he got along well with Brady, Lewis added.
“He really liked Tom Brady. And Sam wasn’t, like, a big sports person, so it was funny to watch that interaction,” Lewis told 60 Minutes. “It was like, ‘These two people actually get along.’ It’s like the class nerd and the quarterback.”
FTX’s collapse was a major blow to Brady financially, as the company shares he was promised were suddenly worth nothing, but he was personally affected as well, according to Lewis.
“Brady was, I think, crushed,” Lewis told 60 Minutes host Jon Wertheim. “And I think as time has gone by, and he’s ceased to get a really good explanation about what’s happened—I think he’s just like, ‘He tricked me. I’m angry. I don’t wanna have anything to do with it anymore.’”
Extraordinarily WEALTHY Cabal members paid to fleece the poor in a huge SCAM! Even if these two supposedly lost $50 million their net gain is STILL $25 MILLION for 20 hours of their time which is MORE than a Million an HOUR. The real losers in this scam are not Giselle Bundchen Nor Tom Brady but the public who bought into it and are not recovering their money.
Brady and Bündchen were named in a class-action lawsuit against FTX for promoting the company, and were joined by NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, Warriors star Steph Curry and comedian Larry David. … all of this after most of them participated in TV ads for FTX – with Tom an Gisele starring in an add that played during the 2022 Super Bowl.
Giselle Bundchen cries crocodile tears lol: Bündchen called the collapse of FTX “terrible” and said she is “so sorry for all of us that this happened, and I just pray that justice gets made.”Mar 22, 2023
She won’t put up a fund to repay all the investors she misled which is what an ethical person would do. Instead she and Tom Brady are keeping the $25 MILLION they made for about 20 hours of work and let poor people take the losses when they have a net worth of:
Aug 2, 2024 — Gisele Bundchen net worth and salary: Gisele Bündchen is a Brazilian supermodel who has a net worth of $400 million.
When NFL legend Tom Brady left the field at the end of the final game of the 2022 season, he was the league’s career leader in passing yards (89,214) and touchdowns (649). He also left with an estimated net worth of $512 million.Jan 19, 2023
The Democratic party and whoever else was involved should be made to repay the money. Giselle and Tom’s combined wealth is almost a BILLION dollars. Twenty million is a drop in the bucket. If they were ethical, concerned people they would take the $25 million net they made and disburse it pro rata to all these people who lost money on this scam. Basically to be a supermodel you have to be a superWHORE sucking about 100 dicks to get there and screwing all the Advertising Execs etc. just like the Actresses, Actors and Entertainers. If they don’t entertain the Executives they are not promoted. That’s the way it is. Selling sex:
i had a brief stint with modeling and i hesitate to say that this would be the global experience since i am not so familiar, but my impression was that to “make it”, you practically HAD to do some escorting.
the competition was incredibly stiff, and the best way to get your “break” among hundreds of incredibly beautiful and ambitious girls was to be the type of some important photographer or manager and sleep with him so he would show you favouritism and introduce you to other big players and hook you up with better opportunities/projects. these slimy dudes would be getting all touchy feely with any model they wanted and we just had to giggle and bat our eyelashes because pissing off someone like that would be career suicide- it was really easy to get blacklisted.
MARKETING THE FTX SCAM:
To me Giselle definitely has a male look about her. Giselle has no waist.
Strangely Tom Brady has more of a female waist than Giselle! https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justjared.com%2Fphoto-gallery%2F3770787%2Ftom-brady-sunbathes-in-birthday-suit-alongside-wife-gisele-bundchen-01%2F&psig=AOvVaw25cRVLycjteKxx370En2R2&ust=1724098846408000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjRxqFwoTCMC59O6u_4cDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
