Playboy millionaire or saint? - The case of Florian Homm | DW Documentary
Sex, drugs & dollar bills - ex-banker Florian Homm lived a life of excess. Although the bachelor has swapped prostitutes for prayer, he remains one of the FBI's Most Wanted.
A successful career on the stock market ended with allegations of defrauding investors and fixing stock prices. Now Florian Homm claims to be a devout Catholic. He's cracked his cocaine addiction and teaches economics - of course, by the book. But he faces a 225-year jail sentence if he steps foot on US soil.
Rarely is Florian Homm seen in public without his cigar. If appearances are anything to go by, then the man is the prototype of an arch capitalist. His most successful years were those just after the turn of the millennium. Back then, he was estimated to be worth about EUR 300 million. Although he's on the FBI's most-wanted list in the US, the man who prosecutors say has conspired to defraud investors and fixed stock prices is free to roam in Germany. In interviews, the once ruthless stock speculator says he's reformed, and explains that it was greed that made him do it, saying, "Somewhere there's that primeval feeling in a true capitalist. It's a drive that says, 'I want to own everything, it will all be mine!'" Homm, who once led a life that whirled around stocks, cocaine and prostitutes, presents himself today as a devout Catholic and preaches to economics' students, "You do not have to forsake wealth, but you should not lose sight of what is good and important."
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I see a lot of people saying money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it. Money may not buy happiness, but it can solve 95% of the problems that can make you unhappy.
@henryphilippeaux3566
4 жыл бұрын
That's what people don't like to admit
@tariqbamahriz8656
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. I can understand why you are saying this. What do you if I may ask?
@De23Rosa
4 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@Governmentteacher123
6 ай бұрын
It can save you from a lot of pain
He does have a natural charisma. Hard to hate him with a smile like that 😊
It's a remarkable documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!
One of the better documentaries I’ve seen recently. Good to see all perspectives of a story i.e. Investors, Regulators, Managers, Colleagues and the Divine.
@JavierBonillaC
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
Masterfully made, Bravo DW!
I know someone who's in hiding after committing securities fraud, but his take was $25M and he has no friends because he can't trust or see anybody. That's a sad existence constantly looking over your shoulder. At least he's at the end of his term. All those privileges and relationships gone because of petty greed.
@imanekeraoui5341
8 ай бұрын
Sad but not really sad with 25 M🙂🙂
great video, thank you!
@DW Documentary … *… astounding presentation !!! …*
It is a rare thing,that rich & materialistic become spiritual,our true nature.Imagine all rich becomes like him!!!? Love &respect from Slovenija.
It was like watching movie and not documentary. Pitty its not longer one. I wished you entered more in his master mind thinking. You done great job with this one.
Live a simple and good life. We all end up the same way. Shame there is so much greed in the world when all people could be housed, educated and have food and fun together. It's a funny old world
@Ladypeace12312
4 жыл бұрын
KJMax so true
@JavierBonillaC
4 жыл бұрын
That is not human nature though or at least generalized human nature.
@nobodythatyouknow241
4 жыл бұрын
There's no other reason than greed. This world could be so much better.
@2nicBarry
4 жыл бұрын
Wish it could be easily explained like that, but unfortunately not:(
@veronicavarela2041
4 жыл бұрын
KJMax, you are lovely person
He dit NOT say that installing pipes would be a "major humiliation" ! He said that doing what his father does would be a "defeat" - impliying that he would have no challenge anymore for himself.
@vantastroganoff4370
3 жыл бұрын
The poor have low self ESTEEM & to be rich is evil,it only take til 19 to realize the world will never be equal Who will prepared my STEAK TARTARE MOI,ME 🇨🇦🖤🇨🇦 excess around here I throw out food i purchase..i live alone in 4 bedrooms 4 cats With shares & values exceed?
Great Documentary, thanks
He knows money cannot buy happiness. He had been there.
@ms9771
4 жыл бұрын
Just look at the face of meleania trump,
@muiresuilgorm3452
Жыл бұрын
@@ms9771 Poor girl. I hope she and her son are OK.
Wonderful transition and a life testimony.
Breaking news: rich white man breaks the law but avoids prison because he lives somewhere else now
@dongkong8384
4 жыл бұрын
charissecoal That’s why I recommend that all black people move back to Africa
A complex guy for sure. Whether his conversion was sincere or not, he certainly would have had plenty of opportunity to see the emptiness of his former life. A change like this could happen.
Those were the days, my friend . . . we thought they'd never end . . . . . .
As the great Bob Marley wrote "once a man and twice a child, and everything is is just for a while". We are mortals who need the immortal spirit and money cannot give us fulfillment.
@MarkCartret
4 жыл бұрын
thenowchurch ....great Bob Marley? Research the Bible.
@2nicBarry
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was necessarily about the money
In the end we all need to connecting to something bigger, money won't do.
No matter which religion, most corrupts finally use religion to cover all their sins. Then followers are admiring culprits.
Meanwhile the big bankster frauds carry on silently- he was too loud when he learnt their tricks
The meaning of 'fulfilling" - your actions improve the lives of good people
@thisutuber
5 жыл бұрын
...and animals.😻
it is always sunny in Patagonia until it 's not.
i love this bio documentary...... danke
Fascinating. I love it! Reality breaks all of us; in Homm's case, and mine, it led to devoted Catholic Christianity.
@ChocolateMilkyYummy
5 жыл бұрын
Hes a con artist who is "born again" when he got caught being naughty. Its a tale as old as time. He's seen the light. what convenient timing lol.
I remember this guy, he was a foreign exchange student at my school.
@chuckhockey9464
4 жыл бұрын
Weird then?
receiving message from the holy mother, well that's familiar here in the land of saints(lebanon) but this happening to this guy and him accepting it... only time will tell. Bless you all.
Can we please not play Beach Boys music with images of New York and Wall Street? That caused me real pain
@dianeparr2483
4 жыл бұрын
What kind of person chooses the Beach Boys for this subject?
@Andthenn45
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know what the soundtrack from 0:10-0:30 is called?
11:29 Can you compare the FED to private Funds ? Of course you can - the Federal Reserve is a private organization ! If they are allow to manipulate the market , you as a private manager, are entitled to do the same ...
I’m left asking the question, “How did he get away with it?” Caught, imprisoned, many powerful people very upset, US arrest warrant, etc. Yet not imprisoned...
@BristolBerg
4 жыл бұрын
his co-invertors were many royal and powerful business people in Germany.
@TRITEKINDUSTRIES-up4bf
4 жыл бұрын
He knows how there scam works..it shook him to his soul i am sure..to understand that there is power in the world that is based of a total lie is pretty humbling
Unlike other biased DW documentaries, this one is a good one
@mishXY
6 жыл бұрын
while I find DW docs interesting apart from the bias, I do find it funny how people disagree heavily on this one.
@financialreforms819
5 жыл бұрын
My opinion is also same.
I love watching this every time! However, DW didn't really explain in great detail what Florian Homm did that was so wrong. We just know that he made a few immoral trades. He has a great personality nonetheless; it just needs to be channeled in an ethical direction.
@2nicBarry
4 жыл бұрын
Like they've stated being greedy isn't necessarily criminal
@leonjankowski8149
3 жыл бұрын
@strawberry_shortcake4life he nerver cheated anything thats Why he got free and never a claime came tough
@florinfs2352
3 жыл бұрын
@@leonjankowski8149 Amen.
@vantastroganoff4370
3 жыл бұрын
He was ethical Nothing to channel he took big risk-reward
@gmy33
2 жыл бұрын
@@2nicBarry not legaly .. but moraly always ...
The fed dislikes an individual who plays their game...means less money for them...
What’s the score from 0:10-0:30 called?
for one thing... he sure has some millions somewhere,,,...
@mishXY
6 жыл бұрын
in his pants, briefcase and cigar boxes somehre
@ArizonaAkinTv
4 жыл бұрын
MrTJMishRat 😂😂😂😂
@lukas3083
4 жыл бұрын
120 Million in switzerland
@kathyh4804
4 жыл бұрын
Most definitely
@joyceglam4612
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you ... I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that 😊 he's a smart guy
A great story of redemption.
He was making a statement of fact about the private investments and that of the federal reserve. The federal reserve is privately owned so why would it be different from his personal investment.
@dionlindsay2
4 жыл бұрын
No it's not, it's government owned.
@mattberg6816
4 жыл бұрын
Dion Lindsay no it’s not
@paulkw1822
4 жыл бұрын
@@dionlindsay2 That's what you were led to believe by the media. But it's privately owned by certain individuals. Do more research. You'll find some shocking revelations!
The saddest part of this is that his Daughter refuses to call him Dad. I feel bad for him, his life must be so empty if even his own Daughter can't/won't love him
@lisabertolucci5908
5 жыл бұрын
It's not a question of love. She sure does love him. It's obvious. It's just that she's not placing him on a paternal pedestal. Some of his attitude may appear boysh to his daughter hence her inability to call him dad. It's IMMINENTLY childish of her. She's to blame here NOT the dad. Murderers in jail still have their kids call them dad. The problem is with her NOT with her dad. Also, it would be interesting to know when she startd having this inability to call him dad ? Was it before his emprisonment or AFTER. Clearly a SPOILED kid. The MOST ungrateful kids are ALMOST ALWAYS the MOST SPOILED ones. It's a CALSSIC.
@006ahenry
4 жыл бұрын
Seems as though she is ashamed, or embarrassed by him. And I don't think it's about him going to jail. It's about the money. He can't provide the lifestyle she is accustomed to anymore.
One truthful thing he said was about the Federal Reserve; if he buys 4 trillion shares of fixed income securities, it would lower the federal interest rate to 0%, that would influence the market, and it would be the biggest case of price manipulation, but if the Federal Reserve does it, it's OK. So true, and they do it all the time.
i have seen him in the picture Floriian is a dynamic molecule he can not remain without his core whihc is risk taker Banker and Businessman he may not come back but he will be dynamic and may ceat another surprise for the financial world
Imagine your own daughter looking for the words to call you...
legend he touch the sky and realized it's not as good as it looked from the bottom looking up.
@QueenNile
6 жыл бұрын
king of Africa right
@AjarnSpencer
5 жыл бұрын
the world looks good or bad depending on your own views, not where you are in terms of wealth.. Happiness is the same. Its an art. not something you can buy. But if you master the art of happiness, wealth can be an added extra, which you know how to enjoy.
@indahooddererste
4 жыл бұрын
well the way he managed it caused him a lot of problems. when he realised that. he knew ppl will come probably and will kill him and then live isnt that much fun anymore.
Pretty bad that he says the occupation his father had , which put food in his mouth while growing up would be humiliating to him! Sounds like a winner to me!
What a life he led
Martha Stewart went to jail for an insider tip then quickly sold her stock.
Thats all you have is hope, time diminishing on earth, and Gods grace
I think 💭 🤔 ~~~~~~ he is a character in itself.
I would'nt buy ANYTHING that this guy sells. Greed and speed are two things that destroys the mind and soul.
@vantastroganoff4370
3 жыл бұрын
Ar you have no money You not on client list with rupee
Who cares about all this money? I live in a small apartment with a small boat and a small dog and a small business and I just had fresh caught snapper with fresh string beans, with garlic, tomato, onion from the local market. Yum.
@MartyCostello
5 жыл бұрын
Same here, but I live in the country with my partner and our 5 rescues. I just saved my money and I was able to retire early. :) I saw a doe and her fawn just yesterday morning and it made my entire day!
@janinedaniell1967
4 жыл бұрын
I live in Australia.....need I say more?
@TheThriftyGma
4 жыл бұрын
@@mayhemmaximus2519 .. My sons love it that way.
@TheThriftyGma
4 жыл бұрын
.. The best life for sure. We have a lovely 3 bdr home with no debt and right outside our front door we have rabbits, squirrels, raccoons and opossums. We also have a sweet little doggie and 2 beautiful g'daughters. Life is wonderful 💖
@kmanc8571
4 жыл бұрын
impoverished peasant
thanks
I know some millionaires who are pretty good poeple . They don't show it off. I have one friend who is very wealthy that gave me and a friend a house that the renters destroyed and we remodeled it and sold it make a good chunk .
@thatcoolkidchris9965
4 жыл бұрын
Same but I didn’t get a house. Maybe today?
Hello. What is the name of the song at 2:30 ? Ty
@brunorivademar5356
4 жыл бұрын
Did you by any change find it??
@Andthenn45
2 жыл бұрын
I think that it’s from a band called, “the Beach Boys”. Do you know what the score is called, from 0:10-0:30?
I like Florian, great personality, great smile, very clever, very handsome, as soon as his mother said he took a squirrel home I liked him
Yeah.. how cab you glorify him as a saint? Dude should be in jail not out bragging and smoking Macanudos!!! A fund manager I knew in NC got 1900 years!!! in prison for doing the same thing!!
Great returns are not found in banks .
@chuckhockey9464
3 жыл бұрын
Direct investment
Every saint starts as a sinner and every hardened, cold criminal was once in their lives, someone's angel.
Beautiful ending of this story....be blessed in Jesus name....
Would like to meet this wonderful person, wow
Hi Florian. Better the end of a matter than its beginning. I like the path you have chosen. I pray more grace and going deeper in the Holy Spirit.
@busterbiloxi3833
5 жыл бұрын
It's all a con. He's not religious. He's a charlatan and a fraud.
He's still an entrepreneur because he found the ultimate money spinner ..religion !
@SpecialAgent-zn1vv
4 жыл бұрын
I'm saying...
@jupitorious7925
4 жыл бұрын
The biggest con of all time
I love how he did any illegal thing he wanted in order to gain more and more wealth, but the moment he’s arrested he’s complaining that the government isn’t following the law.
Good story.
From one corrupt institution to another!
@chuckhockey9464
4 жыл бұрын
Human institutions are all corrupt
@James-gk8ip
2 жыл бұрын
@@chuckhockey9464 Schools?
He’s a rather revolting man, really. He certainly deserves to be in prison, but perhaps the time he spent in jail was enough & he will stop hurting people. He’s obviously still very egotistical, though. What do you want to bet he still thinks of himself as “better” than pipe-layers and plumbers?
@ms9771
4 жыл бұрын
He is stronger than jeff bezos ,bill gates , warren buffett they steal middle of the day when sun is shinning but because Goverment are their side they are free, but if really god wants to captuer all the thives ,these man should be first of the line,
@henningkneller
Жыл бұрын
Wth. None of those are thieves. They deserve what they have and done
His religion was money... It seems his largest goal in life is to become Dad and to make an impact on his daughter.
It's not about the money when they begin. It stated his father had been yearning to be in the "upper class". Class structure and social hierarchy is what turns good people bad. Perhaps it also involves self-identity and if you're like most people struggling to come to self-realization is difficult due to our environment and societal constraints, so people choose to develop this larger-than-life persona.
@2nicBarry
3 жыл бұрын
You can tell he was at one point a fairly decent man. He dumped his school stuff to bring home the squirrel and take care of it
@2nicBarry
2 жыл бұрын
Ernest Hemingway is a great example (in regards to my comment above). He developed a larger-than- life persona. In regards to his background half of it was true (he had been through some pretty unbelievable stuff).
Your kids are too far away. Your partner has long gone. You are very ill and old. You are housebound and verging on chair bound.. your neighbours are young and not really interested. THIS is loneliness.
@thatcoolkidchris9965
4 жыл бұрын
I hope you are well. I felt your words.
He wanted to change his life and he’s being judged for it by people who value something he no longer values. His only mistake was he left abruptly, but we know that’s his personality, a little impetuous. But his values have changed.
I think we should not blame him not knowing exactly what environment was he raised up. By the way I would call him a Genius
So basically Holm went insane.. started talking with Merry and fishing for souls..
Hedge funds or making money over exchange rate, the income will be taxed so they need good accountants too. Cayman Islands is also a good idea to cheat on tax.
@tariqbamahriz8656
4 жыл бұрын
Impressive. How do you know about this/what do you do?
@vantastroganoff4370
3 жыл бұрын
No they dont
Man... he went FAR from his roots.. I don't want to sound all lovey dovey... but Karma does play a BIG role here. 26:30, no shit you can do whatever you want, it's your life.. but is it right? I feel like he's seen A LOT of bad things, but never questioned its ethics.
he's a great man..I know that he will not claim back..
Hold in there brother and be careful not to sell your soul to the devil, right!??
I'm flat out jealous. This guy has the Midas Touch and he no longer wants to use it. Maybe the game has changed too much.
@chuckhockey9464
4 жыл бұрын
He back on KZread giving investment advice
@yourmusichost5746
3 жыл бұрын
His power was obviously luring investors in. Dude lured in 4b$ worth of funds with a fake pumped portfolio🥴
Narcissistic comes to mind. I,I,I,I all about me.
My only question is why isn't this con man in prison
@chuckhockey9464
3 жыл бұрын
Germany doesn't expedite its citizens for crimes committed in other countries
At the end, his English let's him down: he uses "earning" money, when he actually means "stealing" money...Of which he was always very proficient.
@chuckhockey9464
3 жыл бұрын
Wealthy folks think like that
Lol, he's already beginning his next venture. Soon he will be the next Jim Baker Televangelist and flying around in a G5. No need to manipulate money, idiots will throw all their money at him and it's totally legal. Pure genious!
@tonarikaibutsu6483
4 жыл бұрын
Don't give him any more evil ideas. He might be reading all this you know and thank you for this idea.
@chuckhockey9464
4 жыл бұрын
He is giving investing advice on KZread in German
Airplanes decrease in values, real estate can go either way and some of the rest was just ego. He was corrupted by the money
He's hiding cash for sure, they all do
@marycahill546
5 жыл бұрын
I don't think so. Mother looks loaded, and he can earn some from speaking engagements. He seems to have simple tastes.
@CM-gw8rk
5 жыл бұрын
If he had you will never find out, smart!
@starsareangels
4 жыл бұрын
Of course
@ms9771
4 жыл бұрын
The two upcoming Trump-branded resorts in Muslim country Indonesia what TRUMP hate, will be developed in stages within three years and MNC plans to invest $1.7 billion the same MNC or Multinational Corporation (MNC) - Investopedia
@lukas3083
4 жыл бұрын
He said the has around 120 Million in the Switzerland’s frozen
5:07 chap has a touch of the Jack Dee about him.
Can someone explain me why these highly intelligent bankers don't know that Portugal has no extradition agreement to US?
@MAGNATEOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
Neither does germany for german citizens, so why not stay home?
if two do the same, it is not equal.
@vantastroganoff4370
3 жыл бұрын
World never meant to be
All well and good if you have pickings of the cards before the card game begins
whoa, a man out of Dürer's engraving, a Teutonic knight-adventurer. Fascinating.
So he spinned his own shares and when overvaluation picked, he chickened out. And now he is hiding in the Church from Hells Angels. Did i get it right?
@violettesager2386
4 жыл бұрын
Rodion Gulakov ...Lol 😀👍🙏 well said ❣️
@ArizonaAkinTv
4 жыл бұрын
What exactly does that mean? I tried to keep up in the video but what does it mean when you say he chickened out "when the overvaluation picked"?
@bernardliu8526
4 жыл бұрын
ArizonaAkinTv : I think ‘picked’ should be ‘peaked’.
@eliasgotzfried1131
3 жыл бұрын
no you did not
225-year jail sentence if he steps foot on US soil. crazy. they act like hes a serial killing cannibal or something...
@wisequeens
5 жыл бұрын
hes worse
@mentalitydesignvideo
5 жыл бұрын
how so? some ultra-rich are less rich because of him. you mad?
Ancient China got it right. Business men/merchants had a low status and a lot of money. They had less respect than a Prostitute and a hair more than a robber. What happened in the West? Businessmen are over glorified
Better poor and having a normal life then having it all and losing it eventually. Money = problems, not freedom.
Background music
@Andthenn45
2 жыл бұрын
Do you recognize the score from 0:10 to 0:30?
Next move... Tele-Evangelism!... Hahaha...
@violettesager2386
4 жыл бұрын
HCosta Pintor ...I’m hoping NOT... he must stay being a “Saint” 😉❣️👍🙏❣️
@pennyo6868
4 жыл бұрын
@@violettesager2386 Con is more like it, and he's one among the multitude of brothers, and there's more suckered ready to swallow lies.
"To save our mortal soul instead of padding bank accounts"; Amen.
ridiculously bad closed caption translation...this is the best a major channel can do ?
he was brilliant in strategy to make money ........... every one of us had and ambition even the poorest of the poor wants it if they have a chance.
@0MVR_0
5 жыл бұрын
The opportunity to know you have disconnected yourself from honest labor in the open market.
Well, you can't say it wasn't illegal, basically they placed matching order, and other manipulative stuffs trough a broker who Homm controlled pumping the NAV and gaining commisions.
For the love and power of money 💰from sinner to Saint
He's an amateur," lighting up a cigar w/ a lighter lol truly miserable man he's gonna end up in that same pit again thinking about his next yacht
Neither a millionaire nor a saint, just a very very greedy opportunist. Unfortunately there are many like him. I can't imagine why anyone would want to listen to him give a talk, nor anyone who is like like him, and unfortunately there are lots of those too. Horrible man.
@trifulquita15
5 жыл бұрын
Renate DeBruyn opportunists exist because many times good, honest, hard working people make terrible mistakes.... and open the door to the Florians of the world