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I agree with your comments to a degree. Grove is very self-promoting and proud but he had the balls and initiative to start this company which, at its core, is a solid one. Perhaps he could have gone without its non-core Countries and focused hard on the main 4 earlier but I think (yes after many years) they now are better focused and well staffed to take it to the next level.

If you got in 6 years ago at the start, you still would have quadrupled your money in that timeframe - how can that be a bad thing?!! I only got in around 6 months ago and although it has shot down then back up, I would happily throw these in the bottom draw for 5-10 years and then see where they end up and that is my intention (but I plan to monitor its progress along the way for warning signs to sell out).

It is going to be a tough fight to stay ahead in this industry but I think they are up for the fight!