Bob Parsons
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I mean, I never got to see him. And so I went back, and the guy at the registrar's office says, if you can sign a waiver, you can pick your own major. I said, why didn't you tell me that? I said, you have a list of majors? He gave me a book. I opened it up. First one, accounting. I said, what's accounting? He said, well, do you like numbers? I said, yeah. He says, you go with math?
I mean, I never got to see him. And so I went back, and the guy at the registrar's office says, if you can sign a waiver, you can pick your own major. I said, why didn't you tell me that? I said, you have a list of majors? He gave me a book. I opened it up. First one, accounting. I said, what's accounting? He said, well, do you like numbers? I said, yeah. He says, you go with math?
I said, reasonably. He says, you're interested in business? Yeah. He says, you should make sure you're in accounting. So that's what I did. And, you know, had I opened it up backwards, I'd have been a zoologist. And I said to him, sure. And it's got to be a very fortuitous choice because I loved it. And it was, you know, very solitary. I liked that. And I graduated magna cum laude. Wow.
I said, reasonably. He says, you're interested in business? Yeah. He says, you should make sure you're in accounting. So that's what I did. And, you know, had I opened it up backwards, I'd have been a zoologist. And I said to him, sure. And it's got to be a very fortuitous choice because I loved it. And it was, you know, very solitary. I liked that. And I graduated magna cum laude. Wow.
I said, reasonably. He says, you're interested in business? Yeah. He says, you should make sure you're in accounting. So that's what I did. And, you know, had I opened it up backwards, I'd have been a zoologist. And I said to him, sure. And it's got to be a very fortuitous choice because I loved it. And it was, you know, very solitary. I liked that. And I graduated magna cum laude. Wow.
I'm now one of the school's biggest benefactors. Wow. You see, you're me.
I'm now one of the school's biggest benefactors. Wow. You see, you're me.
I'm now one of the school's biggest benefactors. Wow. You see, you're me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
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So I did that, and I went to โ
So I did that, and I went to โ
No. It wasn't that you didn't want anybody to know. You just didn't talk about it. Nobody asked you about it.
No. It wasn't that you didn't want anybody to know. You just didn't talk about it. Nobody asked you about it.
No. It wasn't that you didn't want anybody to know. You just didn't talk about it. Nobody asked you about it.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.