Yale Investment Committee

“Now, of course, David could later raise a question, but he never did in the 16 years that I was there. Never did.”

“One of the lesser known characteristics of David's success has been his ability to work with his board. This is the investment committee who's ultimately responsible for making the decisions. And what I saw in the way he worked with his board is that if there …”

“And for me, it was a guaranteed twelve-hour day, eight in the morning to late at night, trying to be sure that I was on top of all the different dimensions of analysis and thinking that had been put together in these books. And, you know, they were inch and a …”

“There was none of the apple polishing or brass polishing or let's be friends and let's develop a special rapport. Uh-uh. Not at all. It's all very, very disciplined process.”

“Once, gee, once in 1516, 17 years, an item was withdrawn for further consideration, and of course it never came back.”