The 72-year-old billionaire inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner just set a real-estate record in Singapore - and his new penthouse sits on the top floors of the city's tallest building
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Dyson CEO Jim Rowan (right) shows the Prince of Wales around Dyson's Acoustics Lab during a tour of the Dyson Technology Centre in Singapore during an 11-day autumn tour of Asia Stock
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