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Leucadia National Corporation

A diversified holding company that invests across many industries, from energy and real estate to food and banking, running a collection of businesses rather than one single product. It began in the 1960s as a Utah land company and took its unusual name from Leucadia, a beach town near Athens, Greece, chosen because the founders liked the way it sounded. In 2013 it merged with the investment bank Jefferies, becoming the parent of that well-known Wall Street name.