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      "text": "Ironically, Fairfax management has referred to Grivalia Properties CEO and Eurobank vice chairman George Chryssikos as Fairfax's second \"billion-dollar man\" for his purported generation of at least $1 billion of profits for Fairfax. It seems a billion dollars ain't what it used to be. We adjust Fairfax's Book Value down by $171 million due to the Grivalia Properties (\"GP\") transactions with Eurobank that, in a manner reminiscent of the pre-GFC trading among Icelandic banks, inflated profits, asset values, and book value at both Eurobank and Fairfax.",
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      "text": "1 Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Report 2022, Pg. 26. 2 Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Report 2021, Pg. 21. 3 Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Report 2021, Pg. 185.",
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