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Rundown Volkswagen Worth $200 Million?

One of the exciting things about the business world is the unpredictability of the future. Or more to the point, the fabulous possibilities that do occur for the dreamers and doers! Such is the case for an orphaned boy who got into the pizza business in Lansing (MI) over 40 years ago. To imagine what a meager beginning it was, consider that he acquired the final 50% ownership of his first pizza store in exchange for his rundown Volkswagen. Years later it paid off, when in 1989 Tom Monaghan sold his 5,100-unit Domino’s Pizza chain for $400 million. If he had not taken action years earlier, bartering for the other 50% ownership, he would have received $200 million less at the closing.

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