Helm had some hard times in the late '90s.

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During his four years at Toyota's helm, Toyoda has learned the hard way the costs of blindly pursuing growth, a strategy inherited from his predecessor that he ruefully acknowledges got him slammed by a cascade of recalls.

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With hard-charging New Jersey bargain hunter Steven Roth at its helm, Vornado has been buying real estate on the cheap since the 1980s.

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