Harvard worth 3-4x more book value if restructured as PBC

Harvard worth 3-4x more book value if restructured as PBC | I calculated that Harvard would be worth potentially three to four times more the present book value of Harvard just from restructuring as a PBC.

I calculated that Harvard would be worth potentially three to four times more the present book value of Harvard just from restructuring as a PBC.

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      "label": "Trump-era endowment-tax pressure on Harvard escalates to credible existential threat",
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