His Rival Couldn't Build a Bridge, So He Built Two Piers and Called Them Piers

In 1915, two American fruit companies were fighting over the same plot of land in Central America. Giant United Fruit sent a whole team of lawyers scouring the country for ownership documents. Their smaller rival, Samuel Zemurray, simply bought the land from both people who claimed to own it. It's a lesson in pragmatism - doing whatever works, instead of trying to do things strictly by the book.

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