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Canadian entrepreneur and CEO of Oxford Frozen Foods and Eastlink, known for building a large private telecommunications empire.

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The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

By the 2000s, John Bragg was 80 years old and worth well over a billion dollars.

The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

But John Bragg, he's building something his great-grandchildren could run.

The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

No, John answered immediately.

The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

Someone asked John Bragg about selling.

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Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

So while the bigger companies like Bell and Rogers paid billions in dividends to keep shareholders happy, John Bragg kept building.

The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

John Bragg poured cash into fiber optic cable when nobody understood why.

The Knowledge Project
Small Town Billionaire: How John Bragg Built 3 Empires [Outliers]

It's better to invest in growing the business than spend on luxurious offices, Bragg explains.