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Geller founded Geller & Co., a hotel and gaming company, in 1989. He served as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1989 to 1997. He also served on the board of directors of the
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In 2019, Laurence Geller began building 5-star care residences and plowing funding into dementia care research and nurse training.
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