Inside Vanguard: Leadership Secrets From the Company That Continues to Rewrite the Rules of the Investing Business

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BOGLE’S LEGACY

When Bogle left his office as senior chairman in 1999 to go to a small suite of offices on a second floor in the same building, ironically named Victory, he did not go alone nor empty-handed. Besides the staff of three, ample time on Vanguard’s computers, full access to its huge data resources, and the car and driver—all at no cost to him—Bogle had his superb network of relationships with editors and reporters, built up over many years.

Jack Bogle was easy to admire for his remarkable creative talents, his undeniable charm (unless you dared to oppose him), his exceptional facility with numbers, the years he continued working long hours, the strength of his convictions, and the range of his command of facts and figures ...