They're Not Telling Quayle Jokes At Cerberus

Dan Quayle, a smart-as-they-come businessman? The notion hardly fits with the image of the former Vice-President, who was mercilessly ridiculed by the press for the odd misspelling and occasional verbal slip. Friends long have argued that Quayle was unfairly scorched by Washington's klieg lights, but the public never warmed up to him. He dropped a Presidential bid and left politics in 1999.

Since then, in his second incarnation -- as a globetrotting business leader working with some of the sharpest investors around -- James Danforth Quayle, 58, has proved his friends right. He has carved out a winning role as chairman of global investments for Cerberus Capital Management.