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1
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5
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Citizenship
United States
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Widowed
Children
3
Education
Drop Out, University of Miami
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Under KKR's leadership, Samson filed for bankruptcy in 2015, burdened with too much debt as oil prices fell.
The Schustermans won a lawsuit filed by a bankruptcy settlement trust that claimed the family had gotten an unfair windfall from the 2011 sale.
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