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Brazil's richest man dreams of taking over Coca-Cola and firing all of its employees

Oct 7, 2015, 01:40 IST

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He already controls Burger King, Kraft, Stella Artois, and Heinz.

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And for a while now, Brazil's richest man, Jorge Lemann, has been eyeing $178.2 billion beverage-giant Coca-Cola, according to .

"We'd love to take a look at Coca-Cola," Lemann said in 2008 at a private meeting, according to the report.

"We could run it with 200 people," he joked.

That would mean cutting most of Coke's 100,000 employees.

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Lemann has strung together some of the biggest acquisitions of all time in the past five years through his investment company, 3G Capital. The 76-year-old billionaire is known for his cutthroat management style and the swift layoffs that follow an acquisition.

Read about Jorge Lemann in .

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