Billionaire Fisher Shocks With Sexual Remarks, Wonders Why

  • ‘Mostly the audience understands what I’m saying,’ he says
  • Fisher’s investment firm manages more than $100 billion
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First Ken Fisher shocked his audience with sexist and off-color remarks. Then the billionaire said he didn’t understand why.

After stunning the crowd at a San Francisco conference Tuesday by talking about genitalia and likening winning money-management clients to "trying to get into a girl’s pants," Fisher said he was surprised by how people reacted. He said he’s spoken like that plenty of times in the past.