He's the head of the private equity group that bought us a few years ago. My boss is a senior vice president and a self-described "very conservative guy." He went to a business meeting at one of the 5 mansions the CEO owns around the country. This one is in The Hamptons, and my boss said he had to walk far away from the mansion to get the whole thing in the pic he snapped. He had an opportunity to hobnob with others of that ilk, and the one word he used to describe their wealth is "obscene."

The bigwig I met (can't say I "know" him) can be very personable when the situation calls for it, but my boss said in a different venue they both attended the bigwig wouldn't even acknowledge him with anything more than a sneer.

They are the lords, and we are the peasants. We should be grateful we're allowed on occasion to breathe the same air.