The book by the private equity tycoon turned presidential center CEO tops Amazon’s new release list for leadership, management and investments.
that required a reconstruction of his heart, and an amicable but still unsettling conclusion to his 30-year marriage. “When I had my heart attack, I put it to the side,” he said. “During COVID, I picked it back up again.”Hersh wanted to use his institutional memory to record how he and a small group of compatriots led bytransformed Natural Gas Partners, better known as NGP, from a risky venture startup into one of the nation’s largest and most successful energy private equity firms.
“I’ve essentially had two jobs in my life — other than my internship at Morgan Stanley. I’m very boring at my reunions.”Ken Hersh with former President George W. Bush and singer-activist Bono at Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, in 2017.Billed as “Ken Hersh in conversation with Steve Fiffer,” a bestselling author and collaborator on several other high-profile memoirs, the book is a bit of a sleight of hand.
“Steve’s been a literary master,” Hersh said. “He was great to talk to and helped guide me through my story. He came up with the idea of the conversation.” The fastest tortoise was how I described our business plan at NGP. I would say, “My job is to not get too excited when things are good and not get too pissed off when things are bad — to just stay slow and steady. If you see a very sexy, massive new discovery or new technology, you can guarantee that I’m not in it. But if you see a major disaster, you can guarantee that I’m not in it.”
I did the same thing at a nonprofit presidential center. I wasn’t part of the Bush administration. I’ve had the luxury of working with some people who were. I’ve learned, listened and picked up the work of people who were before me and carried on.When I started my energy investment firm, I didn't see the importance of paternity leave. Now I get it
With respect to offending people, I tried to be very factual and very careful about making sure that I was respectful. I might be descriptive. Some people might find it offensive. I don’t really know. I just tried to be accurate and to put the reader in my shoes at that moment.Trump isn’t relevant to my story. It is time the country moves on from him if it wants to address the major issues confronting the world today.You take several hard swipes at T.
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