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The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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