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> Was he doing something illegal/immoral?

No

> Maybe he had two Ferraris because he was frugal with his business?

Maybe he have little comprehension of his own business so he is unable to evaluate the tool of the trade his business need and as a result he made bad choices...

It's not a matter of profit but a matter of understanding that administrative CAN'T BE just "managers" meaning with an economy CV, they must know what the company they manage do, not at the level of understatement of any single technicians but enough to know and make wise decisions helped by their technicians of any fields.

Years ago the founder and CEO of a historic mass distribution company was used to visit potential new warehouses with the senior head warehouseman alongside others just as an example of how things works in the recent past. A step at a time when the detachment between the management and the material activity happened China have started to gain ground and we in Europe have started to loose. I imaging the same happen in USA and other countries.



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