Walter Raquet

Walter Raquet

Walter Raquet is a leader whose innovations and values have had a profound effect on American business.

Mr. Raquet uncovered the largest tax fraud ($1 billion) in the history of the United States and assisted the U.S. Treasury and the IRS in shutting it down. (1980)

He created the first sophisticated equity trading system, called COLT, which was used by the majority of the world’s trading firms. (1984)

In 1995, he founded a company with $17 million in capital and 70 employees. In its fifth year, the company had EBITDA of $330 million, employed 1,400 people and its public value rose as high as $8 billion. (1995-1999)

At the age of 26, Walter Raquet was the corporate controller of the 10th largest Wall Street firm. At 71, he is working closely with the CEO of company called AtmosAir.com that cleans the air and reduces electric use dramatically, and plan to grow this business into a multibillion dollar company over the next few years.

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Walter Raquet joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that when a president can render Congress inconsequential by governing with regulations, that’s an undermining of the future of America.
Walter Raquet joins Jim Blasingame to report that while once high taxes held back the economy, today it’s the oppressive level of regulations that are taking as much from businesses as taxes.