David Solomon

And he and his brother had SolarCity.

And that's where we first connected with Elon.

And then we took Tesla public when Tesla went public.

Sometime around SolarCity and Tesla, I first met Elon.

And so I've known Elon for more than 15 years.

Dan Dees, Stuart Bernstein, kind of semi-retired from the firm in the early part of the last decade.

So let's say 2012, 2013.

And Dan Dees, who now runs our global banking and markets business, was an investment banker who was just coming back to the US after having been in Asia for a long time.

And he was basing out of the West Coast and running our TMT banking business.

And he started building a personal relationship with Elon.

And Dan has built a really

Wonderful dialogue with Elon over a long time, but it's not a straight line.

And there are times where we're doing things and we're not completely in sync.

But at the end of the day, as a firm, we've been long term committed to.

Elon, his companies, his teams.

By the way, in this situation, Brett Johnson, the CEO, is a hugely, hugely important guy.

And we've had people spending time with him for years and years and years.

And that's what our business is.

Our business is building trusting relationships over time with people, giving the right advice, taking a long-term view.

not being transactional and trying to earn trust.