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Micky Arison

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chief executive officer of carnival corporation & plc”. Today it says “israeli-american billionaire businessman and chairman of carnival corporation”.
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Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-born American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation , the world's largest cruise operator.1 From 1979 until 2013, he also served as CEO until he was replaced in June 2013 by Arnold W. Donald , who had served on the company's board for 12 years.2 Arison is also the owner of the NBA 's Miami Heat .

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chief executive officer of carnival corporation & plc

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israeli-american billionaire businessman and chairman of carnival corporation

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