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Oct 2024
1h 30m

John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire

Shane Parrish
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From a tiny village, John Bragg quietly built an empire that controls half the world's wild blueberries and North America's largest private telecom network. In this rare interview, the famously private billionaire reveals how he defied conventional wisdom by transforming a small farm into two multi-billion-dollar giants. Discover the contrarian principles th ... Show More
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