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TIL John Kluge, as Chairman of MetroMedia, was the Richest Man in America in 1987. During WW II, the German born Kluge served as an interrogator at a secret military base that processed high ranking Germans, including those who were part of Operation Paper Clip, including Werner Von Braun.

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