The Grand Prix only ran one year but the hoop-la attracted Bernie Cornfeld who recruited me to Investors Overseas Services (IOS); a million and a half were similarly recruited over the next ten years.

I started out knocking on Army sergeants' doors - "Do you want your son to grow up a sergeant... or a captain? The difference is a college education."

I broke all records selling New York's Dreyfus Fund, IOS became the world's largest distributor, and I moved on to Hong Kong. Rare free moments were spent go-karting with the Duke of Kent and racing in the Macau Grand Prix.

Here's Bernie talking with Bob Nagler who ran The Fund of Funds (I'm on the right).