“There’s a cult of personality, and I mean that in a positive way,” sai d Dan Calkins, the president and chief operating officer of Benjamin Moore. For Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Initialized Capital and a former chief executive of Reddit, the fun began long before he touched down in Nebraska. “There’s such a range of people, even just from the plane out of Newark to here,” he said. For Mr. Tan, the big names mattered less than the Midwestern sensibilities: “There is a piece of this that really resonates with us, around being plain-spoken and investing in what you understand,” he said. Another wing is home to a Madison Square Garden-like arena, where the actual shareholders meeting is held on Saturday.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2018 15:59 UTC