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Why billionaire Hamish Douglass loves Maccas

Why billionaire Hamish Douglass loves Maccas

The Magellan chairman knows value when he sees it and sometimes, he says, great opportunities are hiding in plain sight.

Hamish Douglass: "McDonald's has made such a contribution in giving people their first jobs, and training people in the skills of process and discipline." Louise Kennerley

I love McDonald's chips." My lunch with Magellan chairman and co-founder Hamish Douglass begins in furious agreement.

The venue might seem an unusual choice for a man with a personal net worth of more than $1 billion but Douglass has a good reason to support the fast food chain: it's been one of his fund's star performers.

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Vesna Poljak
Vesna PoljakCompanies editorVesna Poljak was The Australian Financial Review’s companies editor. Connect with Vesna on Twitter. Email Vesna at vpoljak@afr.com

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