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NEIL: ALL RIGHT.
IT WAS AN EYE-POPPING DEAL.
BACARDI BUYING PATRON FOR
$4.1 BILLION.
PATRONS COFOUNDER JOHN PAUL
DEJORIA.
WAS PENNILESS.
LIVING OUT OF HIS CAR.
ASHAMED TO TELL ANYONE.
THAT WAS THEN.
NOW GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE.
AMERICA STILL WORKS.
NEIL: WAS THIS DEAL COOKED UP
REGARDLESS OF THE TAX THING?
DOESN'T AFFECT US AT ALL BECAUSE
IT WAS GOING ON EIGHT MONTHS.
A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE.
NEIL: YOU'RE ON THE BACARDI
BOARD, RIGHT.
>> NO, I'M ON THE BOARD OF
>> HE OWNED A MINORITY PORTION
OF PATRON.
NEIL: WHAT MADE YOU LET GO
BESIDES THE DOLLAR FIGURE.
>> WE TOOK IT FROM NOTHING TO
ONE OF THE LARGEST BRAND IN THE
WORLD SOLD, WE DID WHAT WE CAN
DO.
AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT I'M
HAVING A BLAST.
ALL THE EVENTS WE GO YOU.
INTO CHARITY A GOOD WAY.
HERE IS WHAT I THOUGHT.
A GREAT TIME TO SELL.
MADE A BUNCH MONEY.
MORE IMPORTANT I REMAIN CHAIRMAN
EMERITUS FOREVER.
I SHOW UP AT MAJOR EVENTS.
IT IS MY BABY.
I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.
LETS ME GO ON TO DO OTHER
THINGS, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR
PATRON AND OUR LEGACY.
THEY PROMISED TO RUN THE COMPANY
SAME WAY I DO, ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
I HOPE THEY MAKE IT A 10 OR
20 BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY IN THE
FUTURE.
I HAVE GREAT PRIDE.
THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT BEST PEOPLE TO DO IT.
FREES ME UP A LITTLE BIT TO DO
OTHER FUN THINGS.
I'M WORKING ON GIANT PROJECT
RIGHT NOW.
I AM A LITTLE MORE IN
PHILANTHROPY.
NEIL: YOU ARE STILL IN PAUL
HAIRDRESSERS WILL ALWAYS BE
THERE.
THEY CHANGE THE WORLD.
THEY ARE THE ANSWER TO HAVE A
GOOD HAIR DAY TO MOST OF OUR
WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
GOOD HAIR DAY THEY DRINK YOUR
LIQUOR LET ME GET A SENSE WHAT
IS HAPPENING NOW.
THE LOOT WITH THE TAX CUT LOOT
AND LEFT OF CENTER DEMOCRATS
WHETHER AT DISNEY OR STARBUCKS.
>> RIGHT.
NEIL: ARE OFFERING BONUSES
ANYWHERE 500, 1000, $2500.
WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 4 MILLION
AMERICANS BENEFITING.
>> IT WORKS.
BEST PIECES OF NEWS I HEARD FROM
THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED.
WE'RE GOING TO START A MAJOR
TRAINING PROGRAM TO QUALIFY
THEM.
WE CAN'T FIND THEM IN THE UNITED
STATES.
WE'RE BRINGING THEM IN.
WE'RE IMPORTING PEOPLE IN.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
THAT'S JOBS.
NEIL: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
PRESIDENT'S STANCE ON ALL OF
THAT STUFF?
>> ONCE AGAIN I DON'T QUITE
AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S
NEIL: YOU HAVE.
>> SOME OF THE THINGS HE IS
DOING WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WORK.
AND SOME GOOD THINGS.
NEIL: ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE
DEGREE TO WHICH COMPANIES ARE
DID THINK THEY'RE
DISPROPORTIONATELY WEIGHTED TO
COMPANIES, WHETHER THAT IS YOUR
CUP OF TEA OR NOT, THAT IS SUCH
MONEY TO SPEND THAN THEY KNOW.
NOT YOUR KIND OF MONEY BUT A LOT
MORE AND THEY ARE SHARING THE
LOOT BEYOND JUST SHAREHOLDERS.
HEADS.
NEIL: DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF THAT?
I HAD NOTHING, I WAS PENNILESS,
I AM NOW ELITE GROUP OF
I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I WAS ABLE
TO START A COMPANY AN FEED
MYSELF AND PUT GAS?
MY CAR AND NOT LOSE SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THE
NOW.
THERE ARE MORE WONDERFUL THINGS
I CAN DO WITH IT.
NEIL: BUT YOUR INSTINCTS DIDN'T
CHANGE.
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT, KICKED
OUT OF YOUR PLACE, SOMEONE
ELSE'S CAR, HAD TO PUT WATER IN
EVERY FOUR HOURS.
>> YEP.
NEIL: MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS
SURVIVAL.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
NEIL: NOT CHANGED THE WAY YOU
THINK.
YOU GET AWAY.
NOW I DO IT IN BIGGER SCALE, IN
AUSTIN TEXAS, WHERE I LIVE, WE
HAVE MOBILE LOAFS AND FISHES.
WE BUILT HOMES FOR 250 PEOPLE
LIVE UNDER BRIDGES.
THIS IS THE PERMANENT HOME.
GARDENS TO WORK IN, GIVE THEM
THEIR OWN DIGNITY NOW.
NEIL: YOU'RE WARREN BUFFETT,
BILL AND MELINDA GATES ROUTE,
GIVE IT ALL AWAY?
>> NOT GIVING AWAY.
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.
NEIL: LEAVING ANY FOR YOUR
FAMILY?
>> OF COURSE.
I'M LEAVING PLENTY FOY MY
FAMILY, BUT WHILE I'M ALIVE --
NEIL: WERE THEY OKAY, SAT DOWN
HERE IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO
DO.
>> MY DAUGHTER SAID IT BEST, WE
HAVE GREAT JOBS NOW.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE DAUGHTER
OF A BILLIONAIRE.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
OURS.
WE'RE BUILDING OUR LITTLE
FORTUNES.
NEIL: NOT BILLION DOLLAR
FORTUNES?
YOU CAN NEVER CAN TELL, MY KIDS,