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Ben Clymer

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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

effectively a nonprofit run by a group of families that are still highly involved with business today that have, I would say, effectively zero public interaction.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

I'm pretty close with Rolex and I'm pretty close with the watch industry, you could say.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And I have met, I think, one board member one time

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

That was not by design.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

I think I met him at a bar.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And I was like, oh, you're so-and-so and said yes.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

These people are, in fact, the most powerful people in watches.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And nobody even knows their name.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

Nobody even knows what they look like.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

I happen to because this is my job.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

But most people have no clue who's really kind of playing the strings at Rolex.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And there's a wonderful CEO named Jean-Fred Dufour, who used to be the president of Zenith, which is now the major brand.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And he is absolutely the face and brain behind much of Rolex.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

But there is a board there.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And like any board, they have a different kind of influence over the brand.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

But yeah, Rolex is effectively a nonprofit.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

Some say one of the largest nonprofits in the world, which I would believe.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

There are dozens and dozens of rumors that you may have heard, such as like they've got the largest private art collection next to the Vatican, or they own more real estate.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

They make more money in real estate than they do in watches.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Rolex: Timeless Excellence - (Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS)

And