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Less than a year after loading the company up with debt, Romney and Bain gave themselves bonuses four times bigger than the $8 million they had put into the deal.
Jennifer Granholm
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Jennifer Granholm
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 5
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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm
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