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#87 Thomas Watson (IBM)

Founders

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IBM Co-Founder Charles Flint

Watson lost a job and felt the need to leave the city he had adopted his home while his wife was about two months shy of delivering their first child. He still had a jail term hanging over his head what company was gonna hire a top executive who might soon go to prison Watson started making trips to New York to see what jobs he could find. Charles Flint would change Watson's life with a job offer 64 years old when he went Watson Flint had already packed his life with more adventures than a room full of ordinary men.

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