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Lewis Lewis, a British Billionaire, Made His Money in the Foreign Exchange Markets
Billionaire Lewis Hamilton was born above a pub in the East End of London. He dropped out of school when he was 15 years old and followed his family into catering business. Then went into speculation on currency markets, which really took off after gold standard was fully abandoned in 1970s. His nickname among FX traders was two scoops - it's because anytime he did a trade, he would wait a few minutes to see how the market digested it.
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