Brendan Dolan: A Lifelong
Quarterback
The
prudent know well: never do business with friends.
Brendan Dolan, however, only did business with friends.
He merrily ran roughshod over that bright divide, saying,
"I don't have clients, I only have friends."
He must have been doing something right: at 37, he was
a senior vice president at Carr Futures, a successful
energy broker who traveled worldwide for clients whom he
easily befriended, with his trademark smile and wink.
In high school Mr. Dolan had been a quarterback, and
he played that position for the rest of his life. He
called the shots, gathering his siblings and parents
together in vacation houses, throwing job opportunities
at loyal buddies. He encouraged Carr brokers to move
their young families to his town, Glen Rock, N.J. Who
wants to live so close to the boss? They did. On summer
weekends, the gang from work would hang out at Brendan
and Stacey's, for a swim and a barbecue.
Joking, flipping burgers, jumping in the pool with
Samantha, 2, and Sarah, 4, Mr. Dolan reveled in his life
at home. He would tell his older brother Charles, who is
still single: "Forget business. You don't get it yet.
Work will never bring you the kind of satisfaction you'll
have from a family."
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