A personality-driven business is somehow both powerful and fragile at the same time. Witherspoon's whole 'homecoming' narrative is complete PR, in my opinion. She sold control of Hello Sunshine when money was dumb.
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The banks in Brazil were making 25-30% return on equity for decades, which is extraordinary. And they were doing that by charging customers incredibly high fees and interest rates. So the incumbent had an Achilles heel, which was that they were making too much money.
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