Analyst Spends $8B Endowment on Campus Chaos | Charlottesville News

A rogue analyst at UVA’s $16B endowment, Grant Fortune, spent $8B in one night on wild campus projects—$2.5B for football, $2B for a therapy zoo, and $3.5B in student aid—all while secretly being from Columbia College in South Carolina, not New York. His “brilliant” plan to write off the debt and reinvest sparked chaos, lawsuits, and heart attacks, leaving him on house arrest—but his legacy? A legendary mess that’ll be talked about for years. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/be3d0c4f3e06be1b