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We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital.
Walter Schloss
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Walter Schloss
Age: 95 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2012
Died: February 19
Businessperson
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New York City
New York
Walter Jerome Schloss
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