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Others are less convinced. Nobody in the game knows how to take a business from zero to sixty quicker than Lefkofsky. But along the way, he often strips the gears. “To him, greed is good. Money is what matters. He will cross the line to get more,” said a former Groupon executive. “His reputation, Groupon’s legacy, do not matter.”

Asked if there were lines Lefkofsky would not cross, one source hedged his bets. Was Lefkofsky just the ultimate capitalist or something far worse? “I don’t know,” they said. “Was Gordon Gecko a sociopath?”