[manaboutown]

Kessler was 61 at the time according the 2003 article and worth hundreds of millions so I am guessing he is my age, 83, give or take. He looks ten years younger to me. He got into the bond business in 1966 or 1967 and commented during the interview on the Dow being 1,000 in I think 1969 and then again in I think 1981. I had a boss during the 1970s who was a stock market genius and I am not kidding. He kept encouraging me to get into the market which was very cheap during those years but I was fixated on investing in commercial real estate which worked out well. Nevertheless I put a few bucks in a couple of his recommendations and doubled that money within a very short time. He referred me to a discount broker, Olde Discount, too. He was about ten years older than me and starting with nothing he was already worth several million dollars at that time. He had gone to Stanford on a 100% scholarship, majored in chemistry.