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William Maxwell Aitken (1879–1964) was born the son of a poor Presbyterian minister and rose to become the first Lord Beaverbrook—politician and media magnate. By 1906, still in his twenties, Beaverbrook was worth over $500,000. When political opinion turned against his business interests he simply moved on to another challenge.