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Dr Michel Khoury went from M&A at the notorious investment bank Bear Stearns to building a global education empire. After returning to Lebanon to take over Eastwood College – the school his father founded – he's expanded into Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Nigeria and beyond, with an online school he calls the "crown jewel" of the group. In this episode, Michel explains why he believes focused online learning can match traditional school results in half the time, predicts the international school sector will consolidate into just a handful of major players and shares a controversial opinion on why bullying isn't all bad...