In 1980, William, with assistance from Freddie, attempted to take over the company from Charles, who, they felt, had assumed autocratic control.

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Indeed, the restructuring of the chaebol has slowed down recently, partly because their autocratic chairmen cannot raise much more capital on the booming stockmarket without endangering the control of their empires, which they are loth to do.

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