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ceejayoz on Sept 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: EBay to Spin Off PayPal

TWA wasn't a failure for Icahn. He made hundreds of millions of dollars by selling its assets to pay himself.

aml183 on Sept 30, 2014 [–]

A win for them (Icahn and Andreessen) is measured by their wallet not about the societal impact.

toomuchtodo on Sept 30, 2014 | [–]

We shouldn't confuse what normal people consider success to be with with what a sociopath considers success.

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