November 27, 2013
“I never was a fish person”: Why Bernie Marcus gave an aquarium to Atlanta
Having come to Atlanta broke and made his fortune there, Bernie Marcus wanted to give back to his adopted state. On a flight from Israel to Atlanta, Marcus and Georgia’s governor talked for 12 hours about what Marcus could do—and landed on an aquarium.
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