WAYNE'S NEW WORLD

THE BLOCKBUSTER BILLIONAIRE WANTS TO SELL CARS. ONCE AGAIN, HE'S GOT A FRESH ANGLE ON AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS

Question: why would a guy worth $2 billion give a hoot about the sticker prices on most new cars? Answer: By chopping them down a notch, maybe he can make $2 billion more.

Meet H. Wayne Huizenga, billionaire entrepreneur extraordinaire. No introduction is needed, really. Huizenga hauled away your trash twice a week in the 1970s, treated you to a cheap date with video rentals in the 1980s and sated your craving for first downs, slap shots and strikeouts as a sports tycoon in the 1990s. It isn't possible to be a conscious adult and not have contributed to the Huizenga...

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