Tony James
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I was vested up to the minute in whatever I had.
And we agreed to try it.
Like so many entrepreneurs, we've all seen this, right, where they say they'll – they want to bring someone in.
And there were issues around Blackstone at the time in all the businesses.
But then once those issues sort of kind of fade, then the entrepreneur wants to kind of reassert control.
Totally.
I have to say, Steve was –
An absolute prince.
I mean, he always respected my role and running the day-to-day firm.
When a lot of the... I made a lot of changes, and when I made those changes, a lot of people didn't like him.
He backed me 100%, even when he wasn't necessarily sure they were right.
They turned out to be right.
But...
But he was a great boss, really, I have to say.
And that's hard.
It's his baby to give that element of control, that level of control to someone else.
Not one in 100 would have done that.
So credit to Steve.
Totally.
I did think about starting my own firm.