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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Highlight

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He had agreed to buy a company named Heublein for $1.2 billion. What he got was a good liquor business (Smirnov, Inglenook Wines), a mediocre fast-food business (Kentucky Fried Chicken), and Heublein’s chief executive, Hicks Waldron,

— Bryan Burrough and John Helyar

Replicated under Fair Use from Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. (Pg. 59)