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We've Got A Portfolio Of Companies That Range All The Way From Hotels To Television Stations And Cable Tv Companies, Oil And Gas, Consumer Products, And Industrial Products. If There's Anything That I Want To Know More About, I Have The Opportunity. It's Right In Our Portfolio. I Can Spend Time At The Factory Or With The Manangement And Learn As Much As I Want. You Can't Get Bored Doing That.

I Thought At The Time That I Wanted To Go Into Institutional Sales, Selling Stocks And Bonds To Institutions. In Those Days, Which Was The 1960s, The Institutional Salesman Was Making About $100,000 A Year. I Thought That Was Just An Enormous Amount Of Money.

Our Industry Expertise (at Kkr) Enables The Firm Not Only To Make Better Investment Choices But Also To Win The Confidence Of Senior Management And Sellers, Which Has Enabled Us To Purchase Many Companies On An Exclusive Basis.

But Once You Buy A Company, You Are Married. You Are Married To That Company.

Whales Who Come Up And Spout Off Get Harpooned.