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Marc Lasry
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder and chief executive officer of hedge fund avenue capital”. Today it says “moroccan american billionaire businessman and private equity manager”.
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Marc Lasry (born September 30, 1959) is an American billionaire businessman and hedge fund manager.1 He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Avenue Capital Group , and the co-owner of the NBA 's Milwaukee Bucks basketball team. cityfile.2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder and chief executive officer of hedge fund avenue capital”. Today it says “moroccan american billionaire businessman and private equity manager”. Read the current article and compare.
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american billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder and chief executive officer of hedge fund avenue capital
Now
moroccan american billionaire businessman and private equity manager
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