Gurley cites Danny Meyer leaving a $200,000 salary forty years ago to pursue restaurants.
“Danny Meyer, when he, he walked away from a sales job, this company that sold these devices that hook into clothes so that you can't steal them from stores.”
Gurley cites Danny Meyer walking away from $200,000 salary forty years ago to pursue restaurant career.
“He was making over $200,000 a year and this was forty years ago. And so that's a lot”
Gurley recounts how Danny Meyer's uncle gave permission to pursue restaurants instead of law school.
“And this led to a conversation where his uncle Richard told him, you know, Danny, all you ever do is think about restaurants.”
“He enrolled in a in a $300 restaurant management course that he found in a magazine on a corner of the street in those boxes, you know, in New York.”
Gurley profiles Bob Dylan, Danny Meyer, and Bobby Knight as three biographical subjects in his book.
“Bob Dylan, Danny Meyer is a famous New York restaurateur who's probably spoken here before, and Bobby Knight.”