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Standard Oil Part I

Acquired

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What's the Difference Between Capturing and Creating?

This is a business that was spitting off cash, the way that you were just describing for us. That employed a hundred thousand people that kept america and europe's lights on. The value that was tied up here was immense. But i don't think these numbers tell the whole story because so much of the capital in this business was being recycled due to their decentralized trust structure.

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