185:. His business career started in 1949 when he bought a struggling electric plating company for $ 5,600, the sum he saved during his military service. In the following years he bought about 50 other businesses in Indianapolis and around the world. His business activity was spread across engine rebuilders, rubber refiners, and makers of cleaning products, including the brand
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