I left Goldman Sachs. I was thinking about going to another Wall Street place. I didn't want to do that. That was crazy. After you work on Wall Street, it's a choice: would you rather work at McDonald's or on the sell side? I would choose McDonald's over the sell side.
I could buy an island. I could buy a private jet - but I have NetJets.
I was never afraid to go back to Pittsburgh and work in the steel mills.
I'm just a regular upper-middle-class guy who happens to be a billionaire.
I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.
When we started Appaloosa, we were going to name it Pegasus because everyone was using Greek names. We filed the name. We paid $300, and they said you cannot use it because it is taken. Pegasus Funds. Then we said Pegasus is kind of a horse. We did not want to be the Unicorn Fund. So we pulled out a horse book.
