The Disappointment of a Young American

When you're bouncing from Frankfurt to Denmark, two totally different worlds. The most honest story I can remember is in these early days when we were out trying to introduce ourselves to the local private equity firms. And they had like bottles of Bordeaux on the conference room table. They introduced me to the head of a significant private equity firm in Europe. He was completely dismissive about 10 or 15 years later and said, God, I just thought you guys were just such jokes.