Wilshire woes
Dennis Tito, founder of Wilshire Associates, reportedly paid at least $12 million and possibly up to $20 million for an eight-day stay in orbit at the International Space Station and in transit, courtesy of MirCorp.
However, news of the impending collapse of the $6.5 billion Wilshire Private Markets fund-of-funds group – in part allegedly due to his own intervention – may be bringing him back down to earth. ...
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