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In 1996 Mark Suwyn, the head of forest products for International Paper, quit to become chairman of building products manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
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Over decades, he built up his private Kraft Group--which includes holdings in paper and wood company International Forest Products, real estate and a private equity firm--into a fully integrated, billion-dollar company.
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He first worked his way up the executive ranks of International Paper by boosting the quality of its products, shutting down marginal plants and investing heavily in others.
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