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The companies built to own other companies

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Why actually run a business when you can just aggressively own one? These apex predators of the corporate world produce zero physical goods, strictly existing as a legal umbrella to fiercely protect assets and seamlessly transfer massive dividends away from the actual hardworking subsidiaries.

The companies built to own other companies
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