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Mike Merrill, a tech support worker from Portland, Oregon, became the world’s first publicly traded person in 2008. He divided himself into 100,000 shares priced at $1 each, allowing investors to purchase shares and vote on various decisions in his life, ranging from financial investments to personal choices like relationships and health matters.