And I don't just say that because I was raised here. Most of our employees live within a 10-minute drive to the office. And other than property taxes, there are no taxes in Alaska. There's no state income tax and no sales tax.
Housing is really, really cheap.
The cost of fuel, as you might expect, is low. And the recreational opportunities are immense. If you're a fly fisherman, if you like to ski, if you like to hike, boat, all of those things, you can't do any better. Gillam's son Rob, W'94, and one of five children, is also a portfolio manager at McKinley, which now has 75 employees. An avid big-game hunter, fly fisherman and float plane pilot, Gillam lives his pitch.