Irv Grossbeck
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And I don't mean that in a self-laudatory way, but I have a distinct recollection that I sat between them at the first board meeting.
Yeah.
I don't.
And I appreciate Kevin's compliment, but I have no recollection of being market prescient.
How can anybody be market prescient?
Well, what I remember about that is maybe not all.
How many was it?
Four or five who came in?
I remember them separately wanting to talk with me and Kevin saying, will you meet with XYZ?
Well, sure, of course, I'd be glad to.
And they said, well, what's going on in this company anyway?
It's been private for a long time.
When's it going to be public?
How are we going to get out?
The valuations are pretty rich.
We're buying from an informed seller.
I said, I don't know.
I think they have one way ahead.
They've got great management.
They said, are you selling?