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The only thing that gives [new technology] purpose is the kind of creative content we all produce.

Michael Eisner

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Michael Eisner
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 7
Businessman
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Chief Executive Officer
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New York City
New York
Michael Dammann Eisner
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