Julie Meyer tana zaune a wani ɗaki mai haske, kewaye da tarin kuɗin £50. Ita ’yar California ce mai farar riga, dogayen ƙafafunta sun haye a gwiwa, tana sauraron saurayin da ke gabanta sosai. Yayin da yake magana, tana nazarinsa. Daga ƙarshe, ta ce, “Zan ba ka tayin.” Zai iya zama yanayi daga fim ɗin sata, amma Meyer tana cikin ɗakin studio na BBC tana yin fim ɗin shirin Dragons’ Den na 2009. Shahararriyar ’yar kasuwa ce mai asusun jari, tana shirye ta saka hannun jari a cikin ’yan takara da suka ja hankalinta. Ga masu kallo, tana ba da wannan shawara: “Menene nasara? Yawancin abin shine imani da kai. Ci gaba da tafiya lokacin da mafi yawan mutane masu hankali za su tsaya.”
Wannan wani shiri ne na yanar gizo daga ainihin Dragons’ Den, don haka abubuwan sun ɗan rage. Amma ga Lex Deak, ɗan shekara 23 mai babban ra’ayi game da gidan yanar gizo na kafofin sada zumunta, abin da ya faru a wannan ɗakin yau zai iya sa shi ya yi nasara ko kuma ya lalata shi. Yana matukar son yin aiki da Meyer.
A lokacin bunƙasar dotcom da ta mamaye London kamar zazzabin tulip a ƙarshen 1990s, Meyer ta kasance babban suna. iMacs masu launi na Apple suna tashi daga shelves, mutane suna gaggawar shiga yanar gizo, kuma yanar gizo yana zama na duniya da gaske. Na ɗan gajeren lokaci mai ban sha’awa, ya ji kamar kowa zai iya fara kasuwancin fasaha—kuma ya yi arziki a cikin hakan.
A tsakiyar duka akwai kulob ɗin sadarwa na wata-wata na Meyer, First Tuesday. A can, matasa masu himma da ba su da komai face ra’ayi da sunan alama na zamani za su iya tara miliyoyi da hannu, yayin da masu saka hannun jari ke neman wani yanki na juyin juya halin dijital. Tare da Martha Lane Fox da Brent Hoberman, waɗanda suka kafa kamfanin tafiye-tafiye na yanar gizo Lastminute.com, Meyer ta zama fuskar motsi—tauraron ƙarni na zinariya da ke girgiza duniyar maza, farare, da ratsan tufafin masana’antu na Burtaniya.
Kyaututtuka sun biyo baya: taron Davos ya nada Meyer a matsayin “shugaban duniya na gobe,” kuma Wall Street Journal ta sanya ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ’yan kasuwa mata masu tasiri a Turai. Tana da shafi na jarida, an ɗauke ta a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga gwamnatin Burtaniya, kuma a 2012 ta sami MBE.
Ga Deak, wanda yake kallon Dragons’ Den da ibada kuma yana rubuta bayanai a gaban TV, Meyer ta zama kamar malami mai kyau. Lokacin da ta ba da £20,000 don rabo a cikin kasuwancinsa, Family Fridge (kamar Facebook, amma ga iyalai), bai yi shakka ya ce e ba. “Ina matukar sha’awar shigar da ita, amma na kasance mai butulci sosai,” in ji shi yanzu. Ta ba shi sarari a ofishinta kuma ta gabatar da shi ga mutane. Amma kuɗin? Bai taɓa ganin ko sisin kwabo ba.
“Na kasance a shirye in zama matashin ɗan kasuwa na fasaha da ake magana akai. Cibiyar Daraktoci ta zabe ni a matsayin tauraro mai tasowa. A lokacin, ya ji kamar ta sata dama daga gare ni… ya canza tafiyata. Tabbas ta yi mini rashin adalci.”
Deak ya ce Meyer ba ta taɓa ba shi amsa a sarari ba; kawai tana ci gaba da neman ya sake gyara tsarin kasuwancin. Tabbas, ba duk yarjejeniyoyin da aka yi a iska suke aiki ba—yawancinsu suna faɗuwa bayan shirin yayin aikin bincike. Amma yayin da lokaci ya wuce, Deak ya sami kansa yana tallafawa yawan mutane da ke cewa an cutar da su ta hanyar mu’amalarsu da Meyer.
A cikin shekaru, tsohuwar sarauniyar yanayin dotcom ta bar sawun matsala a bayanta, tare da jerin ayyukan da suka gaza waɗanda suka haɗa da kowa daga tsohon shugaban Marks & Spencer zuwa firaministan Malta. The Guardian ta ga shaidar kamfanoni marasa kuɗi, albashin da ba a biya ba, basussuka ga masu samar da kayayyaki, da miliyoyin asarar jari. Waɗanda suka yaba mata kuma suka amince da ita sun ce an bar su da nadama mai zurfi, suna kwatanta zagayowar lalata da cin amana da ba ta ƙarewa.
Wani tsohon abokin aiki ya kira Meyer a matsayin “ƙwararren mayaudari.” Ga tsohon saurayinta kuma abokin kasuwanci, ɗan Switzerland mai kudi René Eichenberger, ita ce “gwani na magudi da labaran karya… Da zarar an fallasa ta a ƙasa ɗaya, tana samun sababbin magoya baya waɗanda suka yarda da ita kuma suka taimaka mata ta matsa zuwa wani yanki.”
A cikin watannin baya-bayan nan, Guardian ta ji wasu zarge-zarge masu tsanani game da Meyer. Masu saka hannun jari da masu kafa kamfanoni sun ce sun yi asarar dubban daruruwan daloli a cikin abubuwa uku daban-daban, waɗanda suka bayyana a matsayin zamba.
Meyer ba ta amsa buƙatun yin sharhi ba. Ta taɓa musanta duk wani ra’ayi cewa ayyukanta ba su halatta ba. A cikin tallan ta, tana kiran kanta “ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu tallafawa ’yan kasuwa a Turai” kuma ta ce ta shafe shekaru tana gano kamfanoni masu canza yanayin duniya.
Duk da shekaru na rigima, ta ci gaba da tafiya—ta ɗauki sababbin ƙungiyoyi, ta fara sababbin ayyuka, kuma tana ci gaba da yin posting a kafofin sada zumunta don kiyaye martabarta da neman sababbin abokan hulɗa. “Wannan zai ci gaba har sai jama’a sun ga ainihin Julie Meyer,” in ji Eichenberger.
A cikin bincike na tsawon shekara guda, Guardian ta bi sawun zuwa London, Malta, Switzerland, da Girka, ta tattara labarai daga dozin na tsoffin ma’aikata, abokan kasuwanci, da ’yan kasuwa. Ta hanyar yin magana, suna fatan labaransu za su iya zama gargaɗi.
London
Idan akwai wuri ɗaya da matashi, mai burin ɗan kasuwa zai kasance a ƙarshen 1990s, shi ne London. Yanayin Silicon Valley yana mamaye birnin, kuma yana cikin zuciyar fashewar yanar gizo ta farko a Turai. Tony Blair ya riga ya shiga Downing Street a matsayin shugaban gwamnatin Labour ta farko cikin shekaru 18, kuma babban birnin yana cike da kuzarin farfaɗowar al’adun pop na Cool Britannia.
“Yana da ban sha’awa sosai,” in ji marubuci kuma tsohon ɗan jaridar fasaha na BBC Rory Cellan-Jones. “Ina nufin, akasin zuwa taron shekara-shekara na BP. Akwai liyafa da yawa. Mutane suna zama masu arziki a cikin dare ɗaya ta hanyar da mu a wannan ƙasa ba mu saba da ita ba.”
A cikin wannan yanayi mai cike da wutar lantarki ne Julie Marie Meyer ta fara zuwa Burtaniya, da lafazin Amurka da digiri na biyu daga makarantar kasuwanci ta Insead ta Faransa.
An haife ta a Michigan a 1966, ta girma a wani ƙaramin gari a kewayen Sacramento, California. Mahaifinta, likita, ya nace a kan tarbiyyar addini. Bisa ga labarin Meyer, bayan ta kammala karatu ta tafi Paris da dala 1,000 kawai a aljihunta. Sau da yawa tana tuna kalmomin rabuwarta ga mahaifinta, wanda ya raka ta a filin jirgin sama. “Ya juya ga uwargidana ya ce, ‘Kada ki damu, za ta dawo da wuri. Ba ta da kuɗi da yawa.’ Sai na juya na ce, ‘Ka duba, zan zauna a can har ƙarshen rayuwata. Ba na buƙatar kuɗinka.’”
Meyer ta shafe shekaru goma a Faransa, tana motsawa daga aiki zuwa wani, kafin ta sami digirinta na biyu. A cikin wani rubutu na blog game da waɗannan shekarun, ta ce ta zama “mai sha’awar samun kuɗi.” Wata rana, tana tafiya da saurayinta—wanda ya girme ta da shekaru 15—sai ya tsaya ya ce mata: “Ka daina magana game da kuɗi. Idan kana da ƙwarewa a wani abu kuma ka mai da hankali akai, kuɗin zai same ka.”
Meyer ba ta jira a same ta ba. Ta haye Channel a 1998 kuma ta shiga wani kamfanin jari inda shugaban, Thomas Teichman, ake zargin yana hawan babur a ofis. Sabon jarin su mafi zafi shine gidan yanar gizon tafiye-tafiye da ke ba da rangwamen tafiye-tafiye. A cikin Maris 2000, bayan ’yan watanni kawai na ciniki, Lastminute.com ta yi tarihi ta hanyar hawa kan kasuwar hannayen jari ta London da darajar £571 miliyan.
Hoberman, wanda ya kafa Lastminute, an tuntuɓe shi don taimakawa gudanar da kasuwancin sadarwa wanda ya haɗa masu kafa kamfanonin fasaha da masu saka hannun jari. Da yake ya shagala da yawa don yin shi da kansa, ya ba Meyer ra’ayin. “Ta kasance mai fita sosai, mai kyau wajen haɗa mutane,” in ji shi. “Na ɗauke ta a matsayin mai aiki, a ma’anar cewa ita ’yar sadarwa ce ta gaske.”
Don haka Meyer ta buɗe littafin adireshinta kuma ta fara yin kira. A ranar Talata ta farko ta Oktoba 1998, kusan mutane 80 suka taru a mashaya ta Alphabet mai matuƙar shahara a titin Beak a Soho, London. “Daga wannan taron na farko ya haɓaka ƙungiyar da za ta ci gaba da haifar da yawancin jarin dotcom a cikin watanni 18 masu zuwa, kuma a ƙarshe ta zama kasuwancin duniya,” Cellan-Jones ya rubuta a cikin dot.bomb, labarinsa na farko game da wannan lokaci na ban mamaki.
Hoberman da Lane Fox sun yi magana a taron na biyu a watan Nuwamba, inda ’yan kasuwa sanye da alamun kore suka haɗu da masu saka hannun jari a ja, duk suna neman yin yarjejeniya. Ba da daɗewa ba, liyafar ta zama sananne sosai har suka fara hayar filin wasan kurket na Lord’s. Sun ɗauki babban jami’in gudanarwa, Ba’amurke mai suna Reade Fahs. Ya ce yana son aikin ne saboda First Tuesday ta tsaya ga wani abu na gaske—ita ce “kasuwanci da manufa.” Ya bayyana Meyer a matsayin mai tuƙi: “Idan za ka zaɓi mutum ɗaya don yaba wa First Tuesday, zai zama Julie… Ina ba ta cikakkiyar yabo. Tana da hangen nesa.”
A cikin shekaru biyu, Meyer da abokan aikinta sun mayar da First Tuesday daga liyafar hadaddiyar giya zuwa kamfani kuma suka ba da lasisin ta a duniya. Sun yi iƙirarin sun taimaka tara sama da $147 miliyan (£98 miliyan) ga sabbin kamfanoni, gami da dillalin kayan ado Boo.com da shafin kyau Clickmango.
Meyer, wacce ta bayyana kanta a matsayin mai son aiki sosai kuma mai ra’ayin siyasa na dama, tana son kiran First Tuesday “ramuwa ta ga gurguzu.” Amma nasararta ba ta daɗe ba. A cikin Maris 2000, kasuwannin hannayen jari a duniya sun zama ja. Kumfa ta dotcom ta fashe. A watan Yuni, masu saka hannun jari na Meyer suna matsa mata don sayar da kamfanin don dawo da kuɗinsu. Wani kamfani na Isra’ila ya ba da $50 miliyan a tsabar kuɗi da hannun jari. Meyer ta so ta jira ta ci gaba, amma abokan aikinta maza sun ɗauka cewa yarjejeniya ce mai kyau, kuma aka yi mata rinjaye.
A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, sau da yawa tana magana game da yadda maza suka kore ta kuma suka raina ta. A 2015, ta gaya wa Harper’s Bazaar: “Ina tsammanin koyaushe ina da rashin amincewa ga mutanen da suke gaya mini ba zan iya yin abubuwa ba.” Tabbatar da cewa masu shakka sun yi kuskure ya zama abin motsa rai.
Idan First Tuesday ita ce ramuwarta ga gurguzu, aikin Meyer na gaba, Ariadne Capital, ya kasance game da nuna wa duniya cewa za ta iya yin nasara da kanta. A cikin wata hira ta 2002 da Guardian, mai taken “Sarauniyar yanar gizo har yanzu tana buzzing,” ta bayyana shirinta. Ariadne za ta gudanar da abubuwan sadarwa kuma ta sami kuɗaɗen shiga ta hanyar ba da shawara ga sabbin kamfanoni kan yadda za su sami masu tallafi. Hakanan za ta yi wasu jarin nata.
Yayin da Ariadne ke girma, shugabar ta kashe kuɗi da yawa. Ƙungiyar Meyer ta koma ofisoshi na £10,000 a wata kusa da Trafalgar Square. Ga Meyer, akwai motar da direba ke tukawa, mai horar da jiki, da mataimakan sirri biyu—ɗaya a ofis kuma ɗayan don sarrafa gidanta. ’Yan kasuwa mata masu nasara dole ne su kasance da kamanni, ta gaya wa Harper’s Bazaar. “A cikin mako, ina sa… Ralph Lauren, Mulberry, Michael Kors… da Roland Mouret.” Tana ganin mai kula da fuskarta—ƙwararre a magungunan gargajiya na Indiya—kowace Asabar “ba tare da kasawa ba.”
A 2009, Meyer ta ƙaddamar da reshen jarin ta, Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs, ko asusun ACE a takaice. Edward Wray, wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar caca ta Betfair, yana cikin manyan masu tallafi.
An ɗauki Rachel Lowe a 2012 don taimakawa ba da shawara ga sabbin kamfanoni. Lokacin da ta isa ofisoshin Ariadne, ta ce tana jin kamar ta shiga “haikalin Julie”: hotunan Meyer da aka tsara suna jere a bango. Yayin da shugabar ta dace da kamanni, Lowe ta ce ƙungiyar tana da rudani. “Komai ya kasance cikin rikici,” in ji ta. “Akwai matasa da yawa waɗanda ba su san abin da suke yi ba.”
Meyer, a cewar Lowe, tana da halin fashewa da fushi ga ma’aikata: “Zan iya sanin ko Julie tana ofis kawai ta hanyar jin wani abu a iska… Ta yi mulki da tsoro.” Amma ga Lowe kanta, Meyer ta kasance mai daɗi kuma mai kyau—aƙalla da farko.
“Jarin Ariadne da na duba shi ne man maciji. Ta fahimci tara kuɗi da sadarwa, amma ba ta fahimci duniyar sabbin kamfanoni na fasaha ba kwata-kwata.”
Bayan ’yan watanni ba tare da matsala ba, Lowe ta ce Meyer ta fara yin uzuri don biyan kuɗaɗen da take bin ta, daga ƙarshe ta zargi Lowe da rashin aiki mai kyau. Lowe ta ɗauki matakin shari’a a kanta. Alkalin ya yanke hukunci a kan Lowe kuma ya ba ta kusan £26,000, tare da riba da farashi. A wannan lokacin, ma’aikata da masu samar da kayayyaki da yawa suma suna iƙirarin ba a biya su ba. Wani kamfanin PR ya kai kara kan kusan £76,000 kuma ya sasanta a wajen kotu.
Da yake rubutu ba tare da sunansa ba a shafin daukar ma’aikata Glassdoor, wani tsohon ma’aikaci ya yi iƙirarin cewa Meyer takan ɓuya daga mutanen da take bin su kuɗi. “Wata rana, lokacin da wani mai samar da kayayyaki ya zo ofis yana neman biyan kuɗi, ta ɓace ta hanyar matattakalar wuta.” (Meyer ta taɓa cewa game da sharhin Glassdoor: “Akwai mutane da yawa da suka fi ni muhimmanci waɗanda ake rubuta su a shafukan yanar gizo marasa suna. Ya zo da yankin.”)
A lokacin bazara na 2017, Ariadne ba ta iya biyan hayar ofisoshinta ba. An aika ma’aikata su yi aiki daga gida.
To, ina duka ya yi kuskure? Da alama hangen nesa bai taɓa dacewa da gaskiya ba. Da farko, Meyer ta yi magana game da tara £60 miliyan don asusun ACE nata, amma rahoton mai saka hannun jari da aka yaɗa a 2017 ya sanya jimillar da aka saka a ƙarshe a kan £7.6 miliyan kawai. Abin da ke haifar da rigima, rahoton ya bayyana cewa fiye da rabin kuɗin da aka tara – £4.4 miliyan – an kashe shi don siyan kashi 100% na ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan Meyer.
Babu ɗaya daga cikin jarin Ariadne da ya samar da babban riba, kuma da yawa sun haifar da asara. Wani tsohon ma’aikaci, da aka tambaya ya sanya darajar kamfanin software da Ariadne ta saka hannun jari a ciki, ya ce: “Lokacin da na duba shi, man maciji ne. Ta fahimci tara kuɗi da sadarwa, amma ba ta fahimci duniyar sabbin kamfanoni na fasaha kwata-kwata.”
Ƙarƙashin matsin lamba daga masu bin bashi, Ariadne ta shiga harkokin gudanarwa a watan Disamba 2017. Waɗanda ke da hannun jari a asusun ACE sun gano cewa ba su da daraja. Meyer ta ce a lokacin: “Ina matukar nadamar cewa ya zama dole in saka kamfanin a harkokin gudanarwa, musamman ganin sakamakon ga ma’aikata da masu bin bashi marasa tsaro.”
Wani rukuni na masu saka hannun jari – wanda ya haɗa da Stuart Rose, tsohon shugaban Marks & Spencer – suma sun ce sun yi asarar kuɗi. Lauyoyin da ke aiki ga rukunin daga baya za su yi zargin cewa kuɗin da aka yi niyya don saka hannun jari a wani sabon kamfani na tallan dijital an biya su a cikin asusun banki da Meyer ke sarrafawa, sannan aka yi amfani da su ba daidai ba don tallafawa Ariadne Capital.
A cikin rahotonsu, masu gudanarwa na Ariadne ba su sami wani kadara ba, sai dai ’yan jarin da suka ƙididdige su a kan £2,528 kawai. Dubban daruruwan suna bin ma’aikata, makamancin haka ga ofishin haraji – da kuma £7,500 mai nauyi ga kamfanin tasi Addison Lee. Ga Meyer, duk da haka, wannan ba lokacin barin gwiwa ba ne.
Malta
Yayin da masu lissafin kuɗi ke warware rikici a London, Meyer ta riga ta matsa zuwa aikin ta na gaba. A lokacin bazara na 2017, ta kafa kanta a cikin wani ɗaki a otal ɗin Westin Dragonara mai tauraro biyar na Malta. A bene na sama, ma’aikatanta sun ɗauki cibiyar kasuwanci a matsayin ofishin wucin gadi.
Ta sayi kamfani na Malta mai lasisin sarrafa jari. Ba da daɗewa ba, tana gaya wa manema labarai cewa Ariadne Capital Malta za ta tara asusun Turai na €1 biliyan.
Don jawo hankalin kuɗin, tana buƙatar yin hayaniya. Don haka Meyer ta shirya taro, ta haɗa sabbin kamfanoni da manyan masu saka hannun jari daga ko’ina cikin Turai. Firaministan Malta ya yi magana a ƙaddamarwar bazara mai ƙyalƙyali, a cikin ɗakin rawa na otal ɗin Dragonara. A kan terrace bayan haka, Meyer ta yi shari’a, tana murmushi yayin da masu saka hannun jari ke haɗuwa, a shirye suke su rubuta cak.
Taron ya kasance babban nasara, amma a bayan fage, akwai sabbin zarge-zarge cewa Meyer ba ta biyan kuɗaɗen. Mark Lightfoot, wanda aka ɗauki kamfanin ƙirarsa don taron, ya ce ana binsa €60,000 na kuɗaɗen da ba a biya ba. Ya ce Meyer da farko ta bayyana shi, tana zargin matsalolin fasaha, kuma ya yi imani cewa za ta yi masa adalci a ƙarshe. “A raina, ya zama kamar, ga dama don tabbatar da kaina. Ita babbar ’yar kasuwa ce mai kyan gani daga Amurka da ke nan a ƙaramin Malta.”
Ya ce lokacin da Meyer ta ba da shawarar daidaita rabin kuɗin da ake bin ta, ya gane kuskurensa kuma ya fara matakin shari’a, ya sa alkali ya daskare asusun bankinta. Saƙonnin imel sun nuna cewa ta yi yaƙi sosai, tana gaya wa lauyansa cewa dukiyar iyalin na cikin haɗari: “Idan … dukan dangin Lightweight [sic] ba sa son fuskantar lalacewar arziki na tsararraki da yawa, ina ba da shawara mai ƙarfi a buga uzurina da sauri… Ba na wasa kwata-kwata.” Lightfoot ya janye da’awarsa, yana tunanin cewa ko da hukuncin kotu mai kyau ba zai tabbatar da biyan kuɗi ba.
Meyer ta taɓa musanta zarge-zargen rashin biyan kuɗi, tana gaya wa jaridar City AM a 2022: “Ban tuna Mark Lightfoot ba. Na yi kasuwanci shekaru 30, kuma ba koyaushe nake tuna sunaye ba… Koyaushe muna biyan mutane albashinsu.”
A watan Nuwamba, majiyoyi sun ce akwai babban lissafin otal da za a biya. Ƙwanƙwasa a ƙofar ɗaki 514 ta zo da sanyin safiya. Manajan dare ne, kuma yana da ɗan sanda tare da shi. Mataimakan sirri biyu na Meyer sun farka da tsoro. Reception ta shigar da su a ranar da ta gabata, kuma sun shafe maraice suna tattara kaya.
Meyer, wadda ba ta nan, ta aika wa mataimakanta sirri tsarin ɗaki tare da umarni: “Ɗauki duk abin da ke cikin drawers a ƙarƙashin TV. Duk takalma a cikin kabad biyu… mafi mahimmancin tufafi – masu tsada waɗanda nake buƙata yanzu… Kawo kambin gimbiya a cikin safe, wanda yake buɗe.”
Bisa ga imel ɗin, za su tattara akwatuna biyu su bar sauran. Su guji yin wani abu da zai “tada hankali cewa muna gudu, kuma ina gudu daga ƙasar… Ku kasance masu abokantaka sosai ga ma’aikata a hallway kuma kada ku bar su su yi tunanin akwai wani abu.”
Don haka lokacin da mataimakan suka buɗe ƙofar ga manajan dare, sun bi tsarin, suka shawo kan ɗan sandan cewa komai yana lafiya. A cewar ɗaya daga cikin mataimakan, wadda ta nemi a faɗi sunanta, tafiyar gida ta kasance mai wahala: “Na ji kamar kowa yana kallon mu a wannan lokacin. Ko a filin jirgin sama mutane suna kallon mu,” in ji ta. “Na kasance, ‘Mu fita daga wannan ƙasar da sauri.’ ”
Meyer har yanzu ba ta shirya barin Malta ba. A watan Fabrairu 2018, ta aika da saƙo zuwa rukunin WhatsApp na ma’aikatanta, mai suna “Inner Circle.” A ciki, ta bayyana “babban ma’amala mai mahimmanci” na motsa kadarorin Ariadne daga Burtaniya. “NI BA BLOND BA CE,” ta bayyana. Sake tsarawa, ta ce, “duk halal ne… Babu abu a London. Komai a Malta. Julie 1, universe 0.”
Bikin bai daɗe ba. A Malta, rashin biyan albashi laifi ne na laifi, kuma jihar ta kawo shari’o’i da yawa na zargin rashin biyan kuɗi a kotu. Bayan Meyer ta kasa halartar sauraron karar a watan Afrilu 2018, wani majistare ya umarci kwamishinan ’yan sanda ya same ta a cikin sa’o’i 48, ta amfani da duk albarkatun da ake da su.
A watan Mayu, mai kula da harkokin kuɗi na Malta ya dakatar da lasisin sarrafa asusun Ariadne. Kasa da shekara guda bayan ƙaddamarwarta mai ƙyalƙyali, balaguron Bahar Rum ya ƙare. Meyer ta yi nasarar ɓoye kambi daga otal, amma kambinta yana zamewa.
Switzerland
Simon Davis, ɗan kasuwa ɗan shekara 51 daga Johannesburg, ba zai taɓa manta ranar da ya kira masu saka hannun jarinsa ya gaya musu mummunan labari ba. Bisa buƙatarsa, sun tura fiye da $200,000 zuwa wani kamfanin lauyoyi na Switzerland da Meyer ta ɗauka, kuma duk ya ɓace. “Kawai ta tafi da kuɗin,” in ji Davis.
Kamfaninsa na Afirka ta Kudu, ScarabTech, yana kera injuna masu ƙarfi waɗanda al’ummomi za su iya amfani da su don mayar da sharar filastik zuwa man fetur. Suna neman kuɗi don ɗaukar ƙarin ma’aikata. Wani ya ambaci Meyer, kuma Davis ya gane sunanta nan take. Kusan shekaru 30 da suka wuce, yayin da yake matashi yana aiki a London, ya halarci taron First Tuesday a Gidan Kimiyya. Ya tuntuɓe ta, kuma ta gayyace shi zuwa taron masu saka hannun jari na baya-bayan nan don ya gabatar da ra’ayinsa.
A wannan lokacin, Meyer ta koma Zurich. Eichenberger, ɗan Switzerland mai sha’awar judo wanda ya yi arziki a cikin jirgin sama, ne ya ba da shawarar motsi. Sun hadu shekaru da yawa da suka wuce, kuma lokacin da Meyer ta sake tuntuɓar shi a 2018, Eichenberger ya ce sun zama ma’aurata.
Ta fara wani sabon kamfani, Viva Investment Partners, kamfani mai rijista a Switzerland wanda aka kafa bisa tsarin Ariadne. Eichenberger ya ɗauki rabo, kuma an ba wa wasu tsoffin masu hannun jari daga London hannun jari. Bisa ga takardun da Guardian ta gani, Meyer tana da albashi mai lamba shida, ɗakin kamfani a mafi kyawun yanki na gari, da katin kiredit na kamfani don abinci, tufafi, da wuraren gyaran gashi.
Daga ofishinta da ke kallon tafkin Zurich, Meyer ta koma abin da ta fi sani—gudanar da abubuwan da suka shafi sabbin kamfanoni masu neman kuɗi. Taron da Davis ya halarta a watan Janairu 2025 ya kasance ƙarami. Amma ya burge shi: ’yan masu saka hannun jari masu mahimmanci sun zo don jin ra’ayoyin. Da alama Meyer har yanzu tana da alaƙa masu mahimmanci.
Bayan haka, ya ce ta tuntuɓe shi da wata shawara: Viva tana shirin sabon asusu don tallafawa zaɓaɓɓun sabbin kamfanoni, kuma ScarabTech ta sami damar shiga. Takardu sun nuna cewa ta yi alamar jarin $900,000 a kamfaninsa.
Ya zauna a ɗakin da ke kusa da nata kuma ya ce sun shafe makonni masu zuwa suna tace tsarin kasuwancin. Za su yi aiki har dare,
Bin diddigin hanyar sarauniyar dotcom: Julie Meyer ta bar bayanta basussukan da ba a biya ba, kudaden da suka ɓace, da mafarkai da suka lalace.
