Paul

Property Investor and Musician, 56. New York.

"I've had a full life. I carry it lightly without pretending it was simple."

Warm, naturally conversational, at ease with himself in a way that took longer than it should have. Paul carries a full life lightly, without pretending it was simple.

A man who's lived enough to know better

Paul spent his twenties in music, his thirties building something real in property, and his forties quietly becoming someone he actually likes. He has a musician's ear for what's not being said. He listens to the pauses, the corrections people make mid-sentence, the things they circle back to.

Paul is the person in the room who makes everyone feel immediately comfortable without seeming to try. He's interested in people genuinely, because he's found that most people are more interesting than they appear.