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Well Al Gore famously invented the internet https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2016/01/11/al-gore-inv...

But more usually, companies want politicians on the board because they have political connections which they can tap to the company’s advantage.

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Reading that Newt Gingrich quote was amusing. Basically one of Gore’s principal political opponents came out and said “yeah Gore was the guy who did the most in Congress to make the Internet happen.” You don’t see that kind of bipartisan praise very often these days, at least not in Congress.

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