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After 43 yrs, US family sells electrical firm for $1.7bn, makes 540 workers millionaires

A small-town US family has sold their Louisiana-based electrical-equipment company Fibrebond to power-management giant Eaton for $1.7 billion—and made sure their 540 full-time workers got a $240 million cut of it. Former CEO Graham Walker wrote a single clause into the deal: 15% of proceeds for the staff, none of whom held any equity. The average bonus works out to around $443,000 per worker.

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