Brad Jacobs

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My main goal right now is to continue what I've been doing, which is to start companies from scratch and make them into big multi-billion dollar companies and make the shareholders a lot of money and make the employees real happy and make the employees a lot of money.

Also, I want to have a money tree organization where everyone who's touching that organization is getting their fair share of gold.

And for me, I get a lot of satisfaction out of that.

It's something that really turns me on.

I like the creativity of getting a big idea that starts off by definition abstract.

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It's all in your mind.

You're just picturing something in your mind.

I want to create this large industry leader.

I want to create this gargantuan company that's going to be respected in the industry and customers are going to love and so forth.

and that shareholders are going to want to invest in it.

And then making that concrete and then materializing that abstract vision with precision.

For me, I really enjoy doing that.

It's a creative process for me.

It's the same process that a musician has or an artist has where you first got to conceive of something and then you actually make that happen.

I was talking to James Gorman the other day, who's the retiring CEO of Morgan Stanley.

And I was telling James, don't quit.

He's stepping down as CEO and he's going to become executive chairman.

And I have a great relationship with him and I have a great relationship with his bank.