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Gabe Plotkin
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman”. Today it says “american businessman who is the founder and chief investment officer of the former melvin capital management an”.
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Gabe Plotkin (born 1978) is an American businessman, the founder and chief investment officer of former Melvin Capital Management and Tallwoods Capital LLC. He is also a majority owner and co-chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman”. Today it says “american businessman who is the founder and chief investment officer of the former melvin capital management an”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
american businessman
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american businessman who is the founder and chief investment officer of the former melvin capital management an
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