Hazlett lost his entire RMG investment during a boardroom dispute
Jeffrey Hazlett · He Has Two Modes: Seducing You or Destroying You · Sep 12, 2023 · at 38:50
Jeffrey Hazlett recounts pushing back against the chairman's attempt to take Dallas-based public company RMG private.
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“And by the way, during that period, I lost my entire investment in that company, ok?”
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