GOOD XMAS GIFT.
MILLIONAIRE TO HIS MEN. HANDS BUSINESS OVER. XEW YORK, December '22. llr. John Borg, a Wall Street stock broker, who is retiring , at the age of 42 years, lias made a Christmas present of iiis business, to his three employees. Mr. Both, who lias made two million dollar, will conduct a. country newspaper and play golf. .A year ajto he told his employees that he would give them the business outright if they proved capable of handling it. To-day he warned the reporters:— •'Don't get sobby over thi.=- Two millions isn't much, but it's enough for mc. I'm separating from business, not out of generosity, but because 1 want to enjoy life." .Mr. Borg started as an office boy, making four dollars a work. He considers his greatest accomplishment is a golf score of 97.
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5
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