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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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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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    At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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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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