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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    McDonald's
    McDonald's
    Every day, 1% of the world's population is served at McDonald's.
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    A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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    Google's Mower Goats
    Google's Mower Goats
    Rather than using mechanical mowers, Google regularly employs a flock of 200 goats to naturally mow and fertilise the lawns.
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