The Business Mindset of Groucho Marx

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Easter Quote Week, Day 7…

On the 24th of April 1961, the famous American comedian Groucho Marx wrote a letter to the President of the Franklin Corporation,  a company in which he had become an investor. The sardonic character of the letter gives us an insight into Groucho’s vibrant off-stage persona and proves that he was as brilliant a businessman as an actor.           

April 24, 1961

Dear Mr Goodman:

I received the first annual report of the Franklin Corporation and though I am...