Jeff Horing

It's just not doable.

One plus one equals three in that case.

And we couldn't have raised the billion dollars that he was able to raise just on his track record.

It's just inevitable, but I think it's healthy for us.

And 80% of them, we still have a really good relationship with these firms.

We talk to them all the time.

We do deals together.

McKinsey has set a great precedent out there of what could be done if you embrace that network and don't take it as a negative, but take it as a positive.

Obviously having partners at other firms, I think is great for us to see deals.

And there's still a lot of camaraderie of the classes.

Never goes away because you're in that pit working 10 hour days in a pretty tough environment.

We try to make it fun too, but they really connect with each other.

And some of the best friends I think in the world have probably come out of that.

This is the Bill Parcells question.

This is my favorite question for C-level executives.

It's the same question.

Who are your best proteges and where are they now?

I have one good friend of mine who's retired now, but he's got 12 CEOs of some of the biggest, best companies ever.

Some of that was timing, right?

It was days of Oracle and Oracle DNA was just awesome, but some of it was him.