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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 452.42582%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% \/ 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045%\" id=\"el-a48125b6-0f3c-42a3-914e-52faf2dcb793\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.9471544715447154% 0;font-family:\"Playfair Display\",serif;font-size:0.323625em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #1d2b4e\">William Durant was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1861.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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alt=\"slide3-henry-crapo\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\">\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:19.90291%;top:4.69256%;width:59.70874%;height:8.73786%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-e804b6e1-a5c9-406e-8d23-38b51fe3a86e\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-34472bf5-f86d-4233-ad7d-ca6c57918293\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, -259.6709%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% \/ 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033%\" id=\"el-8b3d7da6-95f7-47ea-be64-856019b4e154\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.0418699186991864% 0;font-family:\"Playfair Display\",serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #d8a32c\">Durant&rsquo;s family wanted him to become a lawyer.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:20.14563%;top:17.47573%;width:59.70874%;height:10.35599%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-00c8cfd1-202a-4ecd-b365-20c6fb295a76\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% \/ 3.125% 3.125% 3.125% 3.125%\" id=\"el-a9f7906d-2e55-4123-813e-a4c060e6cd64\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5563008130081305% 0;font-family:\"Alegreya\",serif;font-size:0.275081em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">His grandfather, Henry H. Crapo, was Michigan&rsquo;s governor from 1864 to 1868.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:20.14563%;top:30.09709%;width:59.70874%;height:7.11974%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-24e0b87a-e227-4194-a733-f32e9d3f6f3b\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% 0.8130081300813009% \/ 4.545454545454546% 4.545454545454546% 4.545454545454546% 4.545454545454546%\" id=\"el-d1a6222e-6df6-4243-8b0e-12c76d6e2ba5\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5563008130081305% 0;font-family:\"Alegreya\",serif;font-size:0.275081em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">Despite that, he worked in the lumberyard and later sold cigars.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:23.30097%;top:94.66019%;width:53.39806%;height:2.26537%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.9090909090909091% 0.9090909090909091% 0.9090909090909091% 0.9090909090909091% \/ 14.285714285714285% 14.285714285714285% 14.285714285714285% 14.285714285714285%\" id=\"el-01efac8d-d04c-42ec-a306-67d3bf878740\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.25000000000000033% 0;font-family:\"IBM Plex Serif\",serif;font-size:0.177994em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; color: #919191; letter-spacing: 0.02em\">Image Credit: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300; color: #919191\">Wikimedia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"6af92266-ddea-4767-abc2-13e478367c22\" auto-advance-after=\"10s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-60d812aa-a075-444c-a2e1-a3019b7a8a99\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":1200,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-37abcbca-ab07-4bfd-8d5c-c48932d759ee\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":2200,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 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Display\",serif;font-size:0.275081em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #0c0c0c\">Durant was 24 years old and a successful businessman when he first rode a sturdy two-wheeled cart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:23.05825%;top:22.65372%;width:54.12621%;height:9.2233%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-37abcbca-ab07-4bfd-8d5c-c48932d759ee\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.8968609865470852% 0.8968609865470852% 0.8968609865470852% 0.8968609865470852% \/ 3.508771929824561% 3.508771929824561% 3.508771929824561% 3.508771929824561%\" id=\"el-5a478e24-97fa-4866-8e47-3118612d0a1f\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5414798206278025% 0;font-family:\"Alegreya\",serif;font-size:0.242718em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #0c0c0c\">Amazed, he bought the small horse cart factory that made it for $1,500 with borrowed money the next day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:14.56311%;top:35.59871%;width:65.53398%;height:55.33981%;transform:rotate(4deg);opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-0b842189-351a-44b7-8af9-421eaa609f2b\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-eb1f450f-4643-4edb-931c-bb1933b4173f\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:scale(0.3333333333333333)\">\n<div 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0.8968609865470852% 0.8968609865470852% 0.8968609865470852% \/ 2.272727272727273% 2.272727272727273% 2.272727272727273% 2.272727272727273%\" id=\"el-0fbb4961-2a80-4eeb-807d-80f05e3d0fb2\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.306053811659191% 0;font-family:\"Playfair Display\",serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #0c0c0c\">Durant passed away in 1947, but his legacy lives on.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:22.3301%;top:27.18447%;width:50.97087%;height:12.13592%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-12aa5948-dce0-46e7-90d3-416a6bd2f5f3\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div 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