The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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