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Andronico Luksic, the founder of Chile s wealthiest family worth approximately 18 billion, was able to greatly expand his mining business after a Japanese company mistakenly paid him 500,000 dollars for copper interest instead of the 500,000 Chilean pesos he had requested, roughly six times more

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Fun Fact: Andronico Luksic, the founder of Chile’s wealthiest family worth approximately 18 billion, was able to greatly expand his mining business after a Japanese company mistakenly paid him 500,000 dollars for copper interest instead of the 500,000 Chilean pesos he had requested, roughly six times more

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