Today I had a meeting with an institutional money management company owned by a Chinese family. As far as I know, this is the only Chinese controlled company I have known and it is a top-rated one in the US. The legacy of the family is that it has 7 successful children each with advanced degrees and additional professional certificates. The appointed heir of the family earned two master degrees, has 8 years experience with Goldman Sachs, and had an Air Force Captain ranking.  Disciplining one child is already a big deal for me, I cannot imagine how I could educate 7 children to be so successful. The only black sheep child in that family, also successful, is a Phd in a non-finance field. The father founded the firm and he was a graduate from the economic major at the University of Chicago in the 70’s. I wad told that the old man remembers names of all client’s, their wives’, and the children’s.

Our parent company CEO came in today to give a debut. This is the first time I have seen him. While he was counting the number of law firms, consulting subsidiaries, brokers that the company owns, I started to estimate a high correlation between his broader-than-most-people shoulder width and the magnitude of his personal charisma. He drew the energy towards him from every corner of the room naturally. All of the flattery jokes from my female president were geared towards his taste. When I heard his chuckle, I felt it was initiated out of his belly and it was genuinely happy with a touch of innocence. He is rather a football coach style CEO.