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TIL about Aaron Feuerstein who was CEO of Malden Mills when it was destroyed in a fire in 1995. Instead of laying off all 3000 employees, he spent the insurance moenyto pay their salaries and benefits while the mill was being rebuilt. This cost him personally $25,000,000 and his CEO position.

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