The Ghost Tycoon: Anatomy of a Digital Hoax

Podcast: WikipodiaAI - Wikipedia as Podcasts | Science, History & More · WikipodiaAI

Opublikowano: 2026-09-25

Discover how a 'billionaire' Turkish tycoon was fabricated on Wikipedia, complete with fake presidential awards and a futuristic engagement to a Trump lawyer. ALEX: Imagine you’re browsing Wikipedia and you find a biography of a billionaire. He’s a third-generation Turkish tycoon, he’s building three-billion-dollar empires across Africa, he’s getting awards from President Erdoğan, and he’s even engaged to Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba. JORDAN: Sounds like a standard high-flyer profile. Why are we talking about him? Is he the next Elon Musk or something? ALEX: That’s the thing, Jordan...