Mark Travis is a helluva guy.
Bright, charismatic, fun—you know when you sit for an interview or grab a beer it’ll be a good time. The president of Florida-based Intrepid Capital Management is that combination of cool (he surfs) and country—think Terry Bradshaw—that explains much of his success with clients.
Snapping our interview subjects in their surroundings, often including their passions, brings out more personality, and so it was with Travis and skeet shooting. It happened he was off to compete immediately following our photo shoot in December, so we took advantage of the opportunity.
The result was a powerful image, shot from below, with Travis holding his shotgun and wearing the requisite vest, safety glasses and ear protection. It made for the perfect opening spread for this month’s “Overlooked Managers.” (Click here to see the photo in question.)
And then Sandy Hook happened.
I loathe calling it a tragedy. A tragedy is when a plane crashes or an earthquake occurs. Call it what it was—an atrocity, and a monstrous one at that.