He has been chairman of ThermoFisher Scientific ( formerly ThermoElectron ), a public company in life sciences technology and services with $ 17 billion in sales and a market cap of more than $ 50 billion.
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They range from clever and well-executed recipes like Staples Inc ., Boston Chicken and the House of Blues to complex entrepreneurial manufacturing businesses like Thermoelectron Corp . and Cabot Corp . It is easy enough to found a near-monopoly; it is even easier to think that it will last forever.