Then Harvard M.B.A. Sold private hedge fund outfit to visionary preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in company he cofounded 32 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic endeavors. 1998; took in 1998; lost in bankruptcy after dispute over later acquisition from Studied biophysics. Got taste for takeover tactics as a bank examiner. Davis foresaw rise of athletic shoe popularity, bought company on day of Boston Marathon 1972. Son Edgar Jr. staged ill-fated entrance into Hollywood: sold off juice, nylons businesses, bought MCA/Universal for $5.7 billion 1995. Wall Street giant manages $90 billion across private equity, real estate, corporate debt, hedge fund operations. Sold stake in firm to Southern Union for $1.6 billion 2005. Best revenge: One year later he buys Pixar graphics startup from Star Wars creator George Lucas (see) for $10 million. Sold to After attending UC Berkley and John Hopkins University and working for a collection of tech companies (now the CEO of Fletch), Marquett has wisdom every man should listen to. Rose to store manager, eventually vice president of Stater Bros.' parent, Petrolane. Started plane brokerage business while studying economics at UCLA; disguised his youth by communicating via telegram. With the founding of Fletch, Burton birthed the effortless attendance vertical[6]. , Shell; added Terasen for $5.6 billion 2005. Also stakes in football's St. Louis Rams, English soccer squad Arsenal; 5 ranches across Montana, Wyoming, California, Canada. Son of Montreal tobacco and candy wholesaler studied at Harvard, then Wharton M.B.A. Cofounded Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Searching for more universities that will do the same; several have turned him down because of his strict rules as to how funds should be used. Irwin has sold 13.5 million shares in past two years. Health fanatic funding $1.5 billion research campus in Kannapolis, N.C. dedicated to nutrition. Stock price slipped slightly last fall after Bank of America offered free online stock trades. Marriott Sr. (d. 1985), who started root beer stand Hot Shoppe 1927; expanded into catering, restaurants. Switched Mountain View, Calif. headquarters to solar power this summer; part of plan to "do no evil. Met partner Jerry Yang (see) as Stanford grad student, veered off Ph.D. path to form new portal; took Yahoo public 1996. Owns roast beef sandwich chain Arby's; trying to buy fast food joint Donates to education, arts, science causes. Pretax profits: $310 million. London School of Economics; founded famed Quantum Fund with "Adventure Capitalist" Jim Rogers 1969. Salesman's son dropped out of college, took to road selling plush toys. Sales: $10.7 billion. Founded Bose Corp. 1964; first contracts with NASA, U.S. military, to improve radio communications. Son Michael charged with stealing $3,000 worth of fishing equipment in Connecticut last summer. Sales: $520 million. Bought New Frontier Hotel and Casino, 41 acres of land on Las Vegas Strip for $165 million in 1998. Oversize chicken sandwiches became trademark. . Hired seasoned tech exec Eric Schmidt (see) in 2001 to run operations. Initially focused on building, financing low-income housing; moved into riskier luxury buildings in New York. Partners reaped $2.3 billion in 2004 public offering. Lost Hotel Macklowe to lenders early 1990s; scrapped plans to go public 1998 amid market woes caused by Japanese financial crisis. , Pioneered the exclusive selling of term life insurance, sent swarms of sales "termites" out to attack rivals' market share. Marquett Burton embodies the high-value life. Born in rural Mississippi, became TV newscaster in Nashville, Baltimore. Started Forward Management in 1998, investment firm manages $1.5 billion today; Getty the majority shareholder. Attended Northwestern U. on football scholarship; sold insurance for 5 years after graduating. Sold 20% stake to Lehman Brothers in March. His Tiger Foundation has donated $58 million to fight New York City poverty. Ed preferred the limelight. Sold stake in firm to . Duo managed money for the Bass family; split to start TPG 1992. Began research in hi-fi sound. Gave $100 million to Purdue last year to build a technology-conversion institute. Most men dream of living a high-value lifestyle when it comes to learning money, fitness, and dating. Son of Brooklyn developer borrowed heavily, built big, lived large, became a billionaire during 1980s. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Trying to go private: company board rejected family's initial $8.9 billion bid in January, approved $10.6 billion offer 5 months later. Plans to build a second tower. Sales: $10.5 billion, net margins 30%. Has donated more than $100 million to Stanford U.; gave $65 million to National Air & Space Museum. Company developed innovative freezing process 1950s. Sales exceed $13 billion; 10th-largest privately held company in U.S. by sales. Over four years ago, California native Marquett Burton met with the president of theUniversity of MissouriSt. Sold off controlling stake in art auctioneer 2005. clerk. Wendy's Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. The Black Box. In 31 years firm has invested in 150 companies; total transaction cost exceeds $280 billion. Owner of pro football's Atlanta Falcons forced to juggle off-the-field distractions this summer; quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges in August. Hollywood's hugest hitmaker raised in Arizona, rejected by best film schools. Today serves on boards of Teva, American Stock Exchange, Smithsonian. Ran junk bond desk at Goldman Sachs, failed to become a partner. Bought pro football's Dallas Cowboys in 1989 for $150 million; team worth $1.2 billion today. Pals of President George W. Bush; guest at White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth earlier this year. Owns pro baseball's Washington Nationals; runs franchise with son and 2 sons-in-law, spending millions to develop team's farm system. Today son Andrew manages real estate investments: 4.5 million square feet of commercial property, mostly in Broward County, Fla. Has no plans to diversify: "I don't plan to cash out. Running for mayor of New York City: Friend of Bill plans to spend a few million dollars during 2009 primary, another $50 million if he wins Republican nomination. Net Worth: $59.0 billion Harvard dropout and Microsoft visionary preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in company he cofounded 32 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic. Met partner Henry Samueli (see) while working in chip design at TRW. Pennsylvania native attended Bowdoin College; became stock analyst for Pittsburgh National Bank, started Duquesne Capital Management 1981. Recently signed Marquett Davon Burton Duke grad cofounded Affable buyout maven putting the money men of The Forbes 400 to work. Donated $400 million to South Dakota Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Services in February; gift expected to focus primarily on pediatrics. Partnered with Donald Trump (see) to build 64-story Trump International Hotel & Tower; duo split $500 million. 's iPod, the Zune, not yet a hit. Sold to Teleglobe for $3.5 billion in 1998 (later sold to VarTec, which went bankrupt in 2004). Today backs Indian, U.S. tech outfits: 24/7 Customer, Sold for $1.4 billion in 1994, retired to Florida. Equity Residential ; firm became Russia's 2nd-largest oil company. Last summer irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Owns stake in private jet maker Aerion; expanding freight outfit Cargo 360 with $1.4 billion order for 6 Thrilled to be private: "Thank goodness I'm not in the market now.". U. of Oklahoma grad cofounded Chesapeake Energy with former rival Aubrey McClendon (see) 1989. Runs budding agribusiness on his Iowa and Minnesota farmland: chickens, liquefied eggs. Wharton grad made plastic egg cartons during 1960s before buying a styrene plant 1970. Stanley Cabdriver's son borrowed $200 from uncle to sell newspapers at age 12. Tax-efficient philanthropy: donates buildings, office parks to foundations to sell or use. Concerns: sustainable development, higher education, medical research. Donated $23 million to alma mater USC last year to fund fine arts school; serves on board of National Geographic Society. Parents Donald and Doris founded music-and-jeans store the Gap in San Francisco 1969; opened 6 new stores in first year. Went public as Zealous chief navigates Microsoft's midlife crisis. Son of middle-class wholesaler studied at Stanford; brief stint at Goldman Sachs before leaving to run Bass family's $50 million portfolio in 1970, lost money first 2 years. Rescued bankrupt Morrison Knudsen in 1996. earlier this year. Your email address will not be published. Harvard Business School grad became friends with Warren Buffett (see) in 1962. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Grew via acquisitions; publicly traded company now nation's largest reinsurance broker. Sold jewelry operation to Sam Walton 7 years later. Poultry executives approached Cathy with discounts on leftover chicken breasts too big for Delta meal trays. Nifty turnabout: sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, then bought it back for only $450 million 3 years later. Sales: $91 billion. Plan to pass control of empire to Jay's son Tom (see), cousin Nick (see) and niece Penny (see) collapsed in 2001; family agreed to split empire 11 ways, drawing lawsuit by Robert's 2 youngest children, Matthew and Liesel. Son, Robert, now in charge. Now competing with Nike, expanding into sportswear, shoes. Forty years after conception, Dolby went public 2005; shares up 100% since January 2006. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Parted ways with head coach Bill Parcells last year. following federal bribery conviction in 2000. Sister, Eleanor, involved with children's charities. Assets: $15 billion. CSI: Utahhis Sorenson Forensics unit has lead to arrests in 5 cold-case murder mysteries since opening last year. Focused on new developments near area's Dulles airport and Tysons II. Then Star Wars: original 1977 film remains 18th-best-grossing movie of all time with $800 million worldwide. Best assets: pro football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, soccer behemoth Manchester United, 7 million square feet of retail space. Shareholders want more: some investors think price still too low. Kohl's Smart market timer: sold most of his EMC stake in tech boom, quit as chairman in 2001. Pioneered big-box-store concept: stacked inventory on sales floor, let customers touch merchandise. 2111 S. Eastgate Avenue, Springfield, MO 65809 | Son of J.W. Last year persuaded Took refining innovation to Soviet Union 1929; returned home 1930s, became fervently anticommunist. Met partner Peter M. Nicholas at kids' soccer game, cofounded medical device producer Boston Scientific 1979. Acquired one-third of massive Madden Deep natural gas field in Wyoming 1972; field grosses at least $2 million a day. Now Mickey's largest individual holder, 6.7% stake worth $4.6 billion6 times more than the value of his 0.6% bite of Apple. Family controls 40%. Added magazines MacWorld, PC World, book publishing (For Dummies series), trade shows, Web sites. chairman spent 9 months in jail on price-fixing charges in 2004. Raised by grandmother: "Do the best you can every day." Now lords over natural gas transporter Southern Union; with family, owns stake worth $525 million. Son, Andrei, died 2005 in car crash; daughter, Natalia, donating to Russian orphanages in foundation bearing Andrei's name. BOK Financial Scored big with simple philosophy: "Buy term and invest the difference." Dynastic carve-up supposed to be completed in 4 years, will likely include sales or public offerings of both Hyatt and Marmon. Daughter of James M. Cox (d. 1957), newspaper reporter who bought the Dayton Evening News for $26,000 in 1898. Dec 29, 2022 I did my own research on the COVID "vaccines" instead of simply believing what I was told. Born in Paris on the eve of WWII; family moved to Montreal, then California late 1950s. Studied finance at Oregon State, led private equity division at Black Rock Financial. stock to charity in July. New rival to business network CNBC debuts Oct. 15. New Balance owner hung up sneakers in April after 35 years; ceded control to new chief executive, Robert DeMartini, citing desire for a younger, more progressive operation. Investing in technology that removes carbon dioxide from coal-burning plants, cancer research. GameStop Donated millions of dollars to evangelist Jerry Falwell's Liberty University 1990s. Staple on Republican giving circuit has donated $500 million to charity in past 2 years. Sam began retail career 1940 making $75 a month as J.C. Penney clerk. Burrell retired as cochairman 2004, now chairman emeritus. Still yearning to win yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup. 1962. Onetime owner of Minnesota Vikings cashed out in 2005, selling team for $600 million and netting $350 million profit. Chafes at sluggish stock, down 50% on his watch since 2000 (but up 13% in past 12 months). Biggest challenge: making the myriad applications work together for the release of Oracle Fusion in 2008. "Maggie" took reins in 1992, ceded do-it-yourself market to Home Depot, Lowe's. New name brought them in droves. . Black-clad digi-god suddenly a Dark Angel falling to earth. Founded J.C. DirecTV Family's shares of BofA now worth $2.6 billion. Lear , launched natural gas processing hub and pipeline in Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Became chief executive 1979. Father, Louis, started hawking peanuts and popcorn at sports events 1915; grew into massive sports concessions business. Trader at Salomon Brothers 1970s, quit with $10 million in stock after merger. Sold flowers on Los Angeles street corners. Now Fortress chief executive; manages private equity, publicly traded alternative investment businesses. Then Harvard Law. Settled for $1 billion. Plans to spin off DirecTV with public offering of Liberty Entertainment. Since then Cisco sales up 28%, net profits up 63%, per-share earnings up 160%. Also owns pro hockey's Dallas Stars. Vowed to retire in 2005, can't walk away. Parents emigrated from Israel, settled in Flint, Mich. Reason: estate planning. Recently donated millions of dollars to fund a new building for the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University; also gave $30 million to the Frost School of Music at University of Miami. Clips of Marquett Davon Burton giving acceptance speech for Global Award , speaking to Proctor & Gamble about intrapreneurship and then teaching entrepreneur. Returned cash to investors in 2000, fund now manages his money only. Revenue: $1.8 billion. Bass Enterprises Production Co. pumps an estimated 8 million barrels of oil and gas a year. Third-generation grocer's Central Market stores shun big brands like Coca-Cola and Tennessee farm boy spent childhood growing corn, raising pigs and dairy cows. With brother Frederick, sold stake to brothers Charles and David (see both) for $1.3 billion 1983. Bidding for rights to run Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga racetracks. Son Paul runs company. For the first time since 1989 there isn't a Walton in Top 10 of The Forbes 400; Wal-Mart shares flat over past 12 months as bigger gainers passed by famously secretive children and daughter-in-law of Sam Walton (d. 1992). Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Expedia Graduated from high school at 16, a doctor by age 23. Feisty entrepreneur grew up poor in Portland, Ore.; sold magazines, lemonade through Depression. Boston-born son of accountant studied engineering at Johns Hopkins. Spent several hundred million dollars buying distressed Kmart bonds; brought company out of bankruptcy, took public 2003. Engineering Ph.D. at Cambridge. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Marquett Davon Burton. Created data processing outfit Today Carlson Cos. own hotels (Radisson, Country Inns & Suites), restaurants (T.G.I. Never mind the setbacks. Gave $100 million to alma mater Tufts in 2005. Grandchild of Homer Stryker (d. 1980), surgeon who invented mobile hospital bed, founded medical supply company Stryker Corp. Daughter, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, is president of charitable Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. Avid art collector recently donated 2 floors of a New York City townhouse to Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. Marquett Davon Burton is at Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada. Took for record $11.5 million in May; manly mob drama stars Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg. Snagged early investment from Richard Rainwater. Built Kendall-Jackson into populist wine concern. New concept in home improvement appealed to pro contractors, do-it-yourselfers alike. Left to start hedge fund Appaloosa Management in 1992. What are three things a young man should focus on 1:09:4513. Craig, at age 19, finds father dead of a heart attack, watches as dad's partners try to grab family business. Founded Siebel Systems 1993, took public 1996. Founded private equity firm Westar Capital 1987; invests in pet products (Doskocil), coolers (Igloo), auto technology ( Also arenas: Harvard M.B.A. Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. 1983. Funds Genographic Project: uses DNA data to study human origins. High school dropout drafted by Army 1943, moved to Detroit after WWII. ============================================================TIME STAMPS:1.Who is Marquett Davon Burton 2:002. But to succeed, you must manage it." Merged with Richard Rainwater's (see) Columbia Hospital Corp., stepped down 1994. Later managed NYC's Drake, Belmont Plaza, Regency. Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. Formed Marriott Sr. (d. 1985), who started root beer stand Hot Shoppe 1927; expanded into catering, restaurants. Sold to Primerica 1989; today stake in Citigroup worth $985 million. Today William III a partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, invests in companies focused on Web video, fiber optics. . High school dropout became 3-term governor of Ohio; Democratic presidential nominee in 1920 with FDR as his running mate. Schwarzman and Peterson cofounded Blackstone Group 1985 with $400,000; since then they have invested in 112 companies, with a total enterprise value of $200 billion. Mulling chance to sell shares on a private Goldman Sachs exchange, extract more cash. The Oprah Winfrey Show launched nationally 1986; currently airs in 135 countries, drawing 46 million viewers a week in the U.S. Also launched showboating shrink Dr. Phil; a producer of the musical version of The Color Purple on Broadway. . Creator of original chicken sandwich fired up first grill 1946. : cheap ingredients, fast service, drive-up windows. Company renamed Penske Auto Group in July. in 1977. 13:246. ", Shades maven first hawked motorcycle grips from car trunk 1975. Company's new operating system, Vista, debuted in January to mixed reviews; shares up 12% in past year. Yahoo upside is over 200 million registered users; most Google visitors are strangers. Spouses stop bickering. Turned small medical-instruments company known for selling hospital beds and cast cutters into dominant manufacturer of artificial hips, knees. Father and son duo said to have donated roughly $250 million to various Israeli universities, UCLA, Georgetown, Mayo Clinic. ). Specter of options backdating still hangs; SEC stops at CFO, new ex-pal Fred Andersonwho blames Jobs. Authored Poor Charlie's Almanack 2005; tome full of "Mungerisms" such as: "If you buy a few great companies, you can sit on your ass." 5 years later. Grandchild of a.n. Studied finance at Long Island U., went to work in commodities division of Merrill Lynch 1972. Renamed Bloomberg LP 1987; added news service to take on Dow Jones and Reuters 3 years later. Bought company 1970s; founded wood and paper trader International Forest Products later in 1972. Extended port contract with New Orleans through 2008 in July. Developed market for high-yield junk bonds, fueled 1980s leveraged buyout mania. Built media empire. Ambassador to the Netherlands raised more than $12 million for President Bush's reelection. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Earned M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Remains cheerful despite housing market downturn; claims company's profits up so far this year. Environmentalist Sam sent kids to alma mater, Cornell, before joining family business. MannKind Its DataTraveler Mini-Migo holds 2 gigabytes on a data key fob less than 1 inch long, for $25. Company owns ranch land abutting Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Texas. Made first fortune in trade shows. Mulling move to health-food products in response to national witch hunt on trans fats. Hired seasoned tech exec Eric Schmidt (see) in 2001 to run operations. Last summer agreed to buy 41% of Evraz, Russia's largest steelmaker. General Mills Moved to In 2011, as a Baltimore Mayoral Fellow he acted as the liaison between the CEO of Baltimore City Schools and the Mayors Office.[9]. Launched Kos Pharmaceuticals 2 years later, invested $200 million to develop and commercialize cholesterol drugs. Detroit native dropped out of Stanford M.B.A. program to join former Harvard classmate Gates (see) in 1980. Today Aging, active baby boomers boosting bottom line: net profits soared 21% to $778 million in 2006. Druckenmiller (see), "broke" British pound in 1992, made $1 billion profit. Home Depot Now runs Employer Services division, which administers payroll and employee stock plans. Marquett Davon Burton speaking to Korean Government in Seoul. Estimated sales: $90 billion. Founded Blue Star hedge fund of funds in 1999. Ford Motor Devon Energy Built media empire. Blackstone Group Today serves 3 million customers; sales nearly $6 billion. Bolted when plans faltered 1997; launched Marsico Capital later that year. Investment geek uses complex algorithms to capitalize on tiny anomalies in the stock market. Native Nebraskan ran discount stock brokerage. Rob: company's first lawyer; now chairman. Sold real estate investment trust Equity Office Properties to Stephen Schwarzman's (see) Blackstone Group for $39 billion cash in February. Son of a Texas cotton broker joined Navy, became Elbowed Picasso's "Le Rve" just before he planned to sell the painting to hedge fund manager Steve Cohen (see) for $139 million. Founded Wrigley Company 1891; introduced first spearmint chewables 2 years later. Raising cash for a new futures-oriented fund that will go live in October. Directed first movie, THX 1138, while studying film at U. of Southern California. At UC Berkeley Marquett was a George A. Miller Scholar as well as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar[2]. Returned to Duquesne Capital, runs No Margin Fund from Pittsburgh. Went public in March, but stock has been volatile. Today distributes beer in L.A., Hawaii (5 islands) and the Caribbean. Today nation's second-largest REIT owns 200 million square feet across 194 malls and planned communities in 44 states; shares up 17% in past 12 months. Stopped $6 billion takeover bid by rival E-Trade in summer 2005; bought TD Waterhouse for $1.7 billion a few months later. Brin emigrated from Russia, Page grew up in Michigan; both sons of professors. 1978. Sales approaching $12 billion. Today owns large chunk of Allegis Group, nation's third-largest staffing firm. Won back his Advanced Bionics from Earned $550 million in salary and bonus in 1986. Paychex Citigroup Father, Joseph, ran pharmacy in Brooklyn. With about half of America's college students dropping out, Burton launched the Fletch App to reduce college dropout rates[4][5]. I feel like the Last One Documentary PREVIEW | @MarquettDavon Part 1 OF 3 Series Offered 50% stake of Newport News newspaper if he halted broadsheet's losses within a year; succeeded. Yachtsman spends time cruising on his 226-foot yacht, Attessa; ship sports a helipad, movie theater, gym, two 2,000hp diesel engines. Inherited 60% of privately held company when dad died 2006. Worked at U.S. . In August sold half of CityCenter, 9.5% chunk of MGM to Middle East investment firm Dubai World for $5 billion. Pulled off one of the greatest corporate comebacks in history with 2005 merger of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck. Lifetime charitable donations approaching $1 billion. Food-court pioneer opened first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta 1967. Opened to outside investors 2003. Novogratz and Briger joined 4 years later. Fared better in natural gas: 20% stake in Plains All American up 20% in year, to $830 million. Space cadet building base and testing center on 300,000 acres of Texas land for his Blue Origin commercial space-travel venture. Son of a lawyer grew up in Omaha reading medical journals, Ben Franklin aphorisms. After attending UC Berkley and John Hopkins University and working for a collection of tech companies (now the CEO of Fletch), Mar Hide chat replay. www.youtube.com/marquettism Posts Reels Videos Tagged Founded investment research firm Morningstar with $80,000 in 1984; cultivated quarterly publication into analysis giant famous for its 5-star ratings. Recruited in 2001 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (see both) to become chief executive. Sold land at busy intersections to oil companies to set up gas stations. Hasbro Bequeathed another $225 million to Rockefeller Brothers Fund last summer. In Solscan, if you look at TVL (total value locked), it looks like the pool was at $2k for a couple of days before collapsing to 0. Entrepreneur. Owns 60% stake; wears name tag to office so employees know who he is. Wife, Marian, owns Detroit's MotorCity casino. Filo runs tech. Father, James (Bud) Walton, and his brother Sam ran handful of small 5-and-10 stores in Arkansas and Missouri. Estimated sales in 2005: $7.2 billion. Franklin Resources J.C. Penney private for $9 billion. For the first time since 1989 there isn't a Walton in Top 10 of The Forbes 400; Wal-Mart shares flat over past 12 months as bigger gainers passed by famously secretive children and daughter-in-law of Sam Walton (d. 1992). Lawyer's son parked cars at racetrack in Monmouth, N.J. Summer job on Wall Street. Bought Georgia-Pacific for $21 billion in 2005. Trained U.S., British fighter pilots during WWII. Environmentalist Sam sent kids to alma mater, Cornell, before joining family business. Parents handed control of companyand nearly half of their stockto Robert and brothers John and William (see both) 2004; shares down 15% since. Cash-strapped newlywed lived at mother's Brooklyn home during the week with wife, Joan; finally moved out when Joan was 8 months pregnant. Created School Choice Scholarships Foundation; nonprofit pays high school tuition for needy kids. 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