So, it was hard to fathom letting go. Age was part of the reason. We were both 77 at that time.
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Henry R. Kravis
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
United States
Business and finance
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But nothing lasts forever and that's not how you lay the bricks of a building with a strong foundation.
My father tried to make me think twice. "Son, calm down," he said. "Stick it out."
When I went through school, I was in a hurry. I was an economics major as an undergraduate, and I was a finance major in graduate school. I was in a hurry to succeed when I got out in the business world. I’m sorry I didn’t take more courses in the humanities and in history and in the arts.
One person that is my role model is my father. ... He’s a man who taught me something very important. And that was — give back to society what you’ve taken out.
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