It's Mine! (At Least According to William E. Conway Jr.)

People who make pots of money often think it's all down to them. They want all the credit - or as much of it as they can get. And they want all the cash -.or as much it that they can get. It's theirs - by right. The rest of us - we're nothing. Just their servants.

The above picture of David Rubenstein, joint CEO of the Carlyle Group, says it all: he's the king, you are the subject. Serve him.

William Conway, another joint CEO of Carlyle isn't much different. In his 2003 about the Carlyle Group, The Iron Triangle, Dan Briody attributed these comments to William Conway: "I am sick and of people complaining about their offices and their office furniture. It's not your office or your furniture. It's mine."

Briody went to say this about Conway and his Carlyle buddies, 'The way Carlyle was structured, the partners got very, very rich from big deals, and no one else saw a dime outside of their salary. Conway would would inexplicably remind employees of this sore spot when he would close a company meeting by proclaiming it was time to go out "and make me money."'

Says it all!