Alex Behring

And I'm sure you have some examples in your world.

The two comments I would make are when you look at those resumes and when you talk to people, you try to identify the people that achieved a lot for their age.

on the young cohort, because that's indicative of them being hardworking and ambitious in a positive way.

I find that speaks volumes in terms of them having a chance of really succeeding, because I look here at the firm, at cohorts of analysts and young people that we recruited over a long time, and then I try to think what is it that makes in hindsight some of the better ones, what made them stand out from the rest?

Listen, I grew up in Brazil, as you know.

I used to come to the U.S.

as I was seven years old.

And I was just crazy for Burger King and for Whoppers, which every time I mentioned that, people thought I was being...

untruthful about it just because our investment was so successful.

And I found proof on this letter that I just gave you that shows, I wrote this in 1975, meaning I was seven years old.

You can see my handwriting.

Some nice handwriting.

Very nice handwriting.

Writing to my dad saying I ate in this place called Burger King and that I eat Whoppers every single day.

And then I worked growing up during college as a tour guide for Brazilians that came to Disney World in the U.S.

And people just loved Burger King.

It was a well-known brand in Brazil.

Everyone who talked to their cousin knew what Burger King was.

There were no Burger Kings in Brazil.

And then eventually, by the time we bought the company, there were like maybe a dozen.