Georges Doriot was born in Paris in 1899. He briefly served as an officer in the French army during World War I, before finishing his degree in 1920. He moved to America to do an MBA at Harvard Business School. He dropped out after a year to work on Wall Street, but in 1925 returned to Harvard as an assistant dean.
What was his strategy?
Did this work?
What were his biggest successes?
What are the lessons for investors?
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