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NYT in 1997 about him: PHILIP G. POTTER, who develops investment products for high-net-worth clients of Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Company, likes
by tryingagainbro 9y ago
NYT in 1997 about him:
PHILIP G. POTTER, who develops investment products for high-net-worth clients of Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Company, likes to think of himself as an ''uberconsumer.''
Last year, he spent his bonus on a 50-inch TV and a $3,500 Rolex watch. He wears custom-made $800 suits, custom-made $80 shirts -- always with white collars and white French cuffs -- and $200 shoes. He is ''totally wired,'' as he puts it: His home phone forwards messages to his pager; he answers them over a tiny $800 cellular phone."
...'I can continue to come up with new products, to add value, [in a downturn market]'' he said. ''I'm not responsible for getting money. Getting it's hard when the market goes down. But there will still be products to sell. It'll just force me to be a little more creative.''
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/business/faces-of-the-new-york-economy-big-earner-big-spender-little-burden.html http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/business/faces-of-the-new-...
- derwiki 9y ago> Last year, he spent his bonus on a 50-inch TV That made me chuckle
- pault 9y agoSorry to go OT, but ten years ago we needed five guys and a truck to move my friend's $2000 55" rear-projection TV. It weighed as much as a small piano and we almost dropped it off the deck. I just got a 55" 4k LED TV for $400 and it weighs as much as my dog. The mind reels.
- TheCapn 9y agoIn a somewhat matter of his defense, in 1997 he was 25 years old... that was 20 years ago. I know my ideals and opinions have changed from 25 to 30, I can only hope he has grown a bit in those 20 years and only to take that article as a small matter of his personality.