Napoleon Brandford was born in a tough neighborhood in the early-1950s, and raised by a single mom. What happened next was against the odds – and that’s a major understatement.

Brandford led his high school basketball team to an Indiana state championship. He went to college and was destined to go pro but blew out his knee. He pivoted and went to graduate school. He started at the bottom rungs on Wall Street. He founded his own investment bank. It financed some of the biggest deals in the municipal bond market.

If this sounds like a rags-to-riches story worthy of a movie – it is. On The Money has learned that Brandford’s life story is slated to be made into a feature film called “Undefeated.” 3

Brandford tells me the film is in the pre-production phase, and will begin shooting in J

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