WLP is Executive VICE President. Ollie was President.
I like Ollie but I extended for five years within a week after Ollie “quit”.
I don’t think people realize what it takes to run an organization like that these days. The expenses that have come out seem very mundane compared to executive salaries and expense accounts in larger corporations.
A lot of normal, middle class people just cannot fathom what it takes to do what these people do.
Some years ago, I was in the entourage of a CEO of a well known company in the automobile industry. As a head of corporate communications/investor relations, we budgeted millions in travel, events, clothes for the exec, etc. We were not unique.
He would go make a speech at a local industry conference and we would have two rented vehicles with drivers, and 6-8 people assisting. Presentation designer, equipment guy, admin person or two, technical subject experts, press liaison, and me - the communication boss.
All in salary and expenses for the day could be $30K-$50k. That would be a drop in the bucket compared to doing an exhibit at the Tokyo Motor Show, or Frankfort Motor Show, or sponsoring an event like The Grand Prix of Detroit, etc.
(All of which I did.)
Dude wears a black suit, white shirt, and black tie in 90% of his images on the web. The suits don’t look expensive. For what he sloppily wears a couple of hundred dollar suit would be more than enough. And news flash clothes are made to be worn more than once.
He is an jerk for spending donations like a President of a large corporation. If he is wasteful on his vanity, he is wasteful on all.