Empire Builders · EB-028
HE TAPED THE LETTER TO HIS DESK. IT WAS FROM THE WELFARE OFFICE. WE WIRED NINETEEN BILLION THE SAME DAY.
Maksim Davydenko taped a welfare letter from 2001 to the wall as he prepared to sign documents for a $19 billion acquisition. This act revealed his fear of forgetting his journey from receiving food stamps to becoming the twenty-third richest person in America.
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