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John Willys Rise From Scrap to Empire
John N. Willys, once an Elmira auto agent, halted a Kansas City style collapse of Overland in December 1907 by raising cash from a hotel clerk and city diners. He persuaded creditors, reorganized, and led Overland toward a major turnaround within eight years, turning $7500 into hundreds of millions.
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