Details create the big picture.

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.