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birth of a business

JOHN FANNING TOOK TO BUSINESS EARLY, A BLUE-COLLAR Sean Parker with more street sense and less polish. He bears little physical resemblance to his nephew, having smaller eyes, thinning brown hair, and a bantamlike forward lean to his posture. Fanning graduated from a vocational high school in Hanover, Massachusetts, in 1982 and took courses at Boston College beginning later that year. He continued off and on for eight years without graduating. Fanning worked in construction and studied to be a contractor. His stint at Boston-based Fidelity Investments looked better on his résumé. Fanning said through an attorney that he worked there as a “senior trader” handling high-risk investments and also spent time in the “telecommunications group,” which the lawyer said dealt with holdings in the telecommunications industry. Fidelity said something different. According to spokesman Vin Loporchio, Fanning

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