Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american trader”. Today it says “american businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Lynn Tilton is an American trader, investor and industrialist.1Tilton is Chief Executive Officer and sole Principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC and its affiliated entities, a private equity firm managing $7 billion in assets.2Tilton is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MD Helicopters Inc. , a manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft. Tilton appears periodically on CNBC and is an occasional contributor to the Huffington Post . Prior to founding Patriarch Partners, Ms. Tilton was an executive at Long Drive Management Trust, a special situations investment fund, and Executive Managing Director of Papillon Partners, Inc., a firm which she founded to offer customized research, valuation and execution services to sellers of bank loans and high yield bonds. Tilton began her career at Morgan Stanley in 1981.3She also worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker until 1989.4Tilton earned a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University .5
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The opening as it stood in 2015 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Tilton (born April 22, 1959) is an American businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) creator, owner and manager.She is the chief executive officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC and its affiliated entities, a holding company managing 75 companies.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Tilton (born April 22, 1959) is an American businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) creator, owner and manager. She is the chief executive officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners , LLC and its affiliated entities, a holding company managing 75 companies. She worked for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Tilton (born April 22, 1959) is an American businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) creator, owner and manager. She is the chief executive officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners , LLC and its affiliated entities, a holding company managing 75 companies. She worked for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker .
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american trader
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american businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation
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