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The Buddhist Priest Who Became a Billionaire Snubbing Investors

Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corp. — Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corp.
Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

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Tom Redmond and

Takako Taniguchi

November 4, 2015, 10:00 PM UTCUpdated onNovember 5, 2015, 6:21 AM UTC

If this 83-year-old billionaire is right, one of the most important lessons of business school is pretty much wrong.

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