Charles Bedaux
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Charles Eugène Bedaux (26 October 1886 – 18 February 1944) was one of the most colorful millionaires of the early twentieth century. Friends with British and Dominion royalty and Nazis alike, he amassed a fortune expanding on the Taylorism style of scientific management and was a management consultant, big game hunter and explorer.