Oil, Water and Wine

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Bill Koch mixes it up, for profit and pleasure

Ryan Isaac
Issue: November 15, 2005

Bill Koch has built his life around two liquids that according to proverb should never be mixed—oil, on which he made his fortune, and water, on which he spent millions of it, sailing for the America's Cup.

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