Andrew Milgram

It's a big deal for people.

And so they are going to be angry at you.

They are going to be angry at the decisions, the hard decisions that you're making on behalf of those assets or that company.

But I always say, look, we're the eat your vegetables guys.

We're not doing this because we have some personal animus to you.

I've never met most of the people that we deal with, but we are doing what's in the best interest of the asset and what we believe is in the best interest of generating a durable product.

return and a durable business.

What motivates you?

If I kept asking that question eight layers deep, where would I get?

I like the problem solving of it.

My partner, Paul, sometimes has said that my superpower is being able to find that intersection of needs and wants in a multi-party negotiation.

I just love that problem solving.

I like finding a way through.

I like taking things that are undervalued, misunderstood, and getting them back into a condition where they can be, again, durable, profitable, and a success.

Hands down, and it's not a thing I talk a lot about, but my father passed away when I was very young.

How old were you?

I was about 11 years old.

He and I were super, super close.

We did everything together, including we used to

sit together and go over the wall street journal stock pages every day we tracked certain stocks we invested together you know i was really young he brought it to a level that i could understand my dad was an immigrant to the country loved the american system loved that his son was an american loved to participate in american commerce he