Alex Behring

And more often than not, you find that those are still owned or somewhat controlled or influenced or managed by the founding family.

And it's linked because if you have...

Business is part of their lives, their persona, their families, their pride, their aura, everything.

They really have that relationship with the business that they created and that they developed.

And I think it's something you need to understand if you're going to engage with them.

You need to understand where they're coming from on that.

I love what we do here.

I'm proud of it.

And I'm highly focused on making sure the firm continues.

We wanted this to really be something that has a long, long, long life.

And that's something that brings me great satisfaction to see all those younger partners growing, taking more and more responsibility in the business.

I think that's something I'm highly focused on and that highly motivates me still.

Lots of people did kind things to me.

If I had to highlight one, I would highlight my co-founders having given me the opportunity to go and run that railroad in Brazil.

I was 30 years old, hadn't really...

have more than a couple of people reporting to me in an investment office and making a bet that I could go and run a company with thousands of people that needed a very deep operations-driven turnaround was a big bet and bold bet to make.

And of course, they helped me in every way they could, but that was something that

We did well as an investment in, but what I've learned from that enabled me to come out to New York and start this firm.

And I must thank them for that.