Word: beijering
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...When he was 16, his father died, and Wall, while attending high school, went to work in a brick factory, hustled subscriptions for the local newspaper and later sold real estate. At 20 he enrolled in Stockholm's School of Economics, where he caught the eye of Kjell Beijer, Beijerinvest's owner, who hired him part time. Wall joined the company in 1958, and in 1964 was given chief responsibility for the firm's operations. Immediately he set out to expand the company, selling off deadwood and using the money to buy firms with fatter profit potential...
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