Russian revolutionary and founding leader of the Soviet Union — whose Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 nationalized all private industry including the Nobel oil operations — representing in the Founders context the existential political risk that can destroy even the most successful business empires.
Functions in the Founders context as the political force that destroyed the Nobel oil empire — demonstrating that even the most successfully built business is vulnerable to revolutionary political change — making political risk the ultimate business risk.
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