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Laurence Tisch
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman”. Today it says “american billionaire businessman and investor”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Laurence Alan Tisch ( 1923 - 2003 ) was a Wall Street investor .1 He was the CEO of CBS from 1986 to 1995 .2 He was Jewish , and owned Loews Corporation . v t e3
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Today
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Then
american businessman
Now
american billionaire businessman and investor
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