← Back to Segments
Segments Record
Deposition Transcripts · Segments · #9611
id
9611
deposition id
13
segment index
24
speaker
Page 25
start seconds
end seconds
text
This was somebody who had an interesting Rolodex in many different areas, whether it be science, whether it be academia, whether it be politics, government, business. So when you say how did I learn, I learned oftentimes by being there at meetings, whether it was with Kathy Ruemmler, whether it was with Steve Bannon, whether it was with Larry Summers. Q It sounds like you admired him, Mr. Black. A I said I don't want to look like I was -- I'm defending him. I'm not, given with hindsight what we all know about him. But what we don't know about him is that he was also an interesting person who had a lot of -- a network of really interesting people. Q How did your relationship develop over the years? Are there years you were closer than others? A I don't know how to answer that. I think it was a -- it was a progressive. When you know somebody for 25 years, you know them more when you meet with them. Q How often did you communicate with him? A I communicated with him in the early years not that much. When I became convinced that he had done a lot for the family -- Les Wexner's family -- I had also asked him to be involved in putting together my family foundation. So we talked a little bit about that. That would have been in the early 2000s. Q Who told you about his work with Les Wexner? A He did. Q What did he tell you? A That he was -- had been very involved with him and that managed a lot of his strategies and tax, estate planning, and he was pretty intimately involved with him.