After earning my MBA at Harvard, I was faced with several
exciting career choices. The unconventional offer to join a startup
investment-management firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
presented the opportunity to begin building an investment
track record early in my career. And so it was that I joined Bill
Poorvu, Isaac Auerbach, Jordan Baruch, Howard Stevenson,
and Jo-An Bosworth in forming the Baupost Group. Each of my
colleagues-Howard in particular-went out on a long, thin
limb to bet on me and my abilities, not only to manage their
own money but also that of their families and close friends,
which was perhaps the greater act of faith. It has been my great
privilege to be associated with such knowledgeable, energetic,
warm, and caring people. Together we have built something to
be proud of.