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In 2001, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were looking to hire a CEO. They picked Eric Schmidt in part because they all hung out at Burning Man. Schmidt'd package: $250k base + $300k bonus + 6% of Google. He's now worth $24B. Lesson: It's not what you know, it's who you party with. t.co/sc72J4hiiH

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