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Kirk Pinho
- At best, Matt Cullen and Dan Gilbert were acquaintances a decade ago. As a pair of prominent Detroit businessmen, I imagine there was the occasional and inevitable glad-handing at, say, a charity gala or a civic event, perhaps making small talk over a glass of bourbon or wine surrounded by a couple others. It certainly was nothing like the relationship they have today as the No. 1 and No. 2 of Rock Ventures LLC, the parent company of Gilbert’s Quicken Loans Inc., the mortgage giant that