
Kirk Kerkorian and the Lessons of Leverage
Enter the Labyrinth
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Kirk acorion is the son of armenian immigrants, born in 19 17. His dad built a huge collection of ranch and agricultural properties but was highly levered. And so kirk dropped out of high school. He started working these odd jobs. Then the great depression hits, and there is no money to go round. So he starts to do two things: by and sells airplanes, especially surplus planes that are coming out of the war. And he also builds up his own company called m g m which became one of the biggest casino companies in the world.
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