"Tim is one of those rare businesspeople who not only takes the longest and broadest possible view but acts constantly on Yogi Berra痴 most impossible advice: 'When you see a fork in the road, take it.' Looking back, Tim seems to have taken every fork along the road and sometimes several at once. Yet, there also seems to be something consistently broad and encompassing about every one of those decisions."
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[Tim's Bio]
