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Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to spot problems at companies like Royal Dutch [Shell].
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Charlie Munger
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: January 1
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