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                     DR. JORGE VALDES ALWAYS KNEW WHAT HE WANTED.     At 17, he became the youngest employee at a Federal Reserve
                   Shortly after his parents left behind a wealthy life in Cuba   Bank branch. By 20, he’d achieved his dream well ahead
                   for the United States, Jorge’s cousin visited the family in   of schedule, though not in the way he’d expected--finding
                   a candy apple muscle car, representing everything the 10   himself working for a group of Colombian businessmen.
                   year-old Jorge believed it meant to make it in America. From   Jorge was focused solely on making money by expanding
                   that day, he mapped out a plan: graduate high school, then   their financial web, and managing the various multinational
                   college; find work as a CPA in order to attend law school…  businesses under their umbrella. Before long however, he’d
                   and become a millionaire by the age of 30.         crossed a line he never imagined he would, becoming the US
                                                                      head of operations for what the federal government would
                                                                      eventually call the Medellin Cartel at the age of 21.





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