capitalist

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Our twisted version of a capitalist guardian angel, patron saint of spandex in a cropped matching set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Enter Lip-Bu Tan, a venture capitalist and turnaround expert who was responsible for the revival of Cadence Design Systems, which gained more than 3,200% over his 12-year tenure.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

He was nearly wiped out but got back on his financial footing when a venture capitalist asked him in 1986 to be chairman of the board, with stock options, of a new company called Magellan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“It’s totally unprecedented for one company to be so active across the board,” said Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist and fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Initiative on the Digital Economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Hanawon was built in 1999 by the Ministry of Unification to house, feed, and teach North Korean defectors how to adjust and survive in the South’s ultracompetitive capitalist culture.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden