Google exec proves his identity on car forum in most hilarious way possible
12-27-12 | 06:35 AM
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Google exec proves his identity on car forum in most hilarious way possible
I read through part of the orginal thread. Its pretty funny!
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/google-e...214208480.html
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...reynor-20.html
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/google-e...214208480.html
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...reynor-20.html
Benjamin Sloss Treynor is the Vice President of Engineering at Google. He's smart. He's rich. And he loves cars.
He's also very active on car forums, where he has garnered equal amounts of reverence for and doubt of his wealth. So when a forum member asked him to prove he owns a Raptor, a 458 Italia, and a McLaren 12C Spyder by taking pictures of them with pieces of bread, Treynor was more than happy to oblige.
We were told the Treynor has been called into question in the past, and has responded by posting a picture of his kid holding a sign that has the name of the SVT Performance forum where he posts under the username Treynor. Ford_racer's call for proof by putting bread in the photos was more of a joke than serious.
hankfully, Treynor has a sense of humor about himself and complied to the request... and then some.
On his Ford Raptor, he out a nice hearty loaf of New York Rye Bread.
On the Ferrari 458, he went Italian bread to complement the Italian leather.
And finally, on the McLaren 12C Spyder, nothing goes with an English car like English crumpets.
This is so much win in so many ways. First, Treynor has awesome taste in cars. Secondly, he obviously has a sense of humor about himself because he's posting pictures of bread on supercars. More evidence of that humor is available in his Google+ profile picture.
Treynor is also the same Google exec who won the auction for a Ferrari 599XX Evo that was being sold to benefit victims of the Italian earthquake.
He's also very active on car forums, where he has garnered equal amounts of reverence for and doubt of his wealth. So when a forum member asked him to prove he owns a Raptor, a 458 Italia, and a McLaren 12C Spyder by taking pictures of them with pieces of bread, Treynor was more than happy to oblige.
We were told the Treynor has been called into question in the past, and has responded by posting a picture of his kid holding a sign that has the name of the SVT Performance forum where he posts under the username Treynor. Ford_racer's call for proof by putting bread in the photos was more of a joke than serious.
hankfully, Treynor has a sense of humor about himself and complied to the request... and then some.
On his Ford Raptor, he out a nice hearty loaf of New York Rye Bread.
On the Ferrari 458, he went Italian bread to complement the Italian leather.
And finally, on the McLaren 12C Spyder, nothing goes with an English car like English crumpets.
This is so much win in so many ways. First, Treynor has awesome taste in cars. Secondly, he obviously has a sense of humor about himself because he's posting pictures of bread on supercars. More evidence of that humor is available in his Google+ profile picture.
Treynor is also the same Google exec who won the auction for a Ferrari 599XX Evo that was being sold to benefit victims of the Italian earthquake.
12-27-12 | 09:31 AM
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Huh, interesting. Kind of surprised that a mere VP can afford this kind of lifestyle. My uncle was a former Senior VP (of research) at Hewlett Packard (now CTO of ABB) and only pulled in around $1M/year - not enough to afford a car like a 458 Italia, let alone two comparable cars (Italia + McLaren).
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
12-27-12 | 09:50 AM
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Huh, interesting. Kind of surprised that a mere VP can afford this kind of lifestyle. My uncle was a former Senior VP (of research) at Hewlett Packard (now CTO of ABB) and only pulled in around $1M/year - not enough to afford a car like a 458 Italia, let alone two comparable cars (Italia + McLaren).
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
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12-27-12 | 10:09 AM
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Huh, interesting. Kind of surprised that a mere VP can afford this kind of lifestyle. My uncle was a former Senior VP (of research) at Hewlett Packard (now CTO of ABB) and only pulled in around $1M/year - not enough to afford a car like a 458 Italia, let alone two comparable cars (Italia + McLaren).
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
I can't imagine Treynor pulling in more than $600k-$700k/year, bonuses and stock options included.
Anyways, funny story nonetheless.
"PROSECUTOR: Mr. Chappelle, what would it take to convince you that R. Kelly is guilty?
DAVE CHAPPELLE: Okay, I'd have to see a video of him singing "Pee On You," two forms of government ID, a police officer there to verify the whole thing, four or five of my buddies and Neal taking notes, and R. Kelly's grandma to confirm his identity.'
On the other point, hard to say with these tech guys on compensation. If this guy was active around dot com bubble, who knows how much he could have made before google. Also, he could be holding stock from pre-IPO days (depending on how long he's been there, not sure), could be worth a lot. Very hard to guess b/c of stock options/grants. Like how govt was trying to make wall street executive compensation tied to stock in 09, that really backfired for most of those big banks.
12-27-12 | 08:09 PM
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lol, pretty funny story. can't wait to see a post like that on clublexus for proof, except a bit more ridiculous. like that chapelle's show episode:
"PROSECUTOR: Mr. Chappelle, what would it take to convince you that R. Kelly is guilty?
DAVE CHAPPELLE: Okay, I'd have to see a video of him singing "Pee On You," two forms of government ID, a police officer there to verify the whole thing, four or five of my buddies and Neal taking notes, and R. Kelly's grandma to confirm his identity.'
On the other point, hard to say with these tech guys on compensation. If this guy was active around dot com bubble, who knows how much he could have made before google. Also, he could be holding stock from pre-IPO days (depending on how long he's been there, not sure), could be worth a lot. Very hard to guess b/c of stock options/grants. Like how govt was trying to make wall street executive compensation tied to stock in 09, that really backfired for most of those big banks.
"PROSECUTOR: Mr. Chappelle, what would it take to convince you that R. Kelly is guilty?
DAVE CHAPPELLE: Okay, I'd have to see a video of him singing "Pee On You," two forms of government ID, a police officer there to verify the whole thing, four or five of my buddies and Neal taking notes, and R. Kelly's grandma to confirm his identity.'
On the other point, hard to say with these tech guys on compensation. If this guy was active around dot com bubble, who knows how much he could have made before google. Also, he could be holding stock from pre-IPO days (depending on how long he's been there, not sure), could be worth a lot. Very hard to guess b/c of stock options/grants. Like how govt was trying to make wall street executive compensation tied to stock in 09, that really backfired for most of those big banks.
And, now that I think of it, HP's stock has been floundering over the years. It's what - 1/20 the value of Google stock right now? Even VP level stock options at a place like Google might be enough to push him over the edge.
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