The crypto-bet billionaire who dodged an Estonian kidnap plot
Only weeks before the kidnapping attempt, Heath had married his girlfriend, Maria – known to friends as Masha – at a lavish event at a mountaintop fortress on the idyllic Croatian island of Hvar, with many friends from Australia in attendance.
A few weeks after the kidnappers’ attack, Heath was notably missing from the opening bash for his new bricks-and-mortar casino, Bombay Club in Tallinn.
Hvar, in Croatia.
Heath had a lot to lose had he not fought off his would-be kidnappers.
Through his online gaming sites, he has built a fortune estimated at $2.27 billion in his debut on the AFR Rich List this year. Like the Melbourne-based online cryptocurrency casino Stake.com founders, billionaires Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, Heath was an…
