Ken Langone
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I had a whole month here.
Now, back then, New York State had a stock transfer tax.
When you sold stock, it was the tax.
And the way you get around it with an underwriting, you go through the tunnel after midnight on the day of the deal, sign all the papers in Jersey, and drive back in.
So the deal was done in Jersey.
It was legal.
The night before the end already, Elaine and I and Margo and Ross had dinner at 21.
We got to know each other that summer.
We really hit it off personally well.
By the way, I'll tell you, one of the great joys of my life was his friendship.
And this is an aside.
One of the great honors of my life was when I got the call from the family, Ross Jr.
They'd like me to deliver a eulogy at his funeral.
Wow.
Me.
So anyway, we're driving through the tunnel.
Elaine went home because our kids had to go to school the next day.
We had three kids.
So we're in a limousine.
By the way, the limousine driver was always a witness signing the paper.