It is with a deep, profound sadness that I say goodbye to a good friend of mine, Trent Nevills. I met Trent a few years ago through mutual friends and after a lengthy discussion about finance, life, struggles & rebuilding our lives....we became fast friends. Trent always jumped in to help with all my non-profit events, finance functions, happy hours...you name it. I made the call...he always responded with Thats cool...how can I help?. Usually, it involved introducing me to some beautiful girl friend of his! Meet Jason...he is a good man and you should get to know him. He was one of my best advocates...and I was one of his best advocates. It is rare to find people that are your advocate...even when you are not in the same room. It is more rare in finance and the dog- eat-dog investment world. Trent believed in me and I will forever be appreciative of his support. Trent was an amazing connector of people. We both excelled at this skill...and enjoyed introducing people and connecting dots. He was the best I have ever seen. I still hear him saying Jason...oh...there are a few people you have to meet! Ill make an introduction. We fed off each others enthusiasm and truly wished success for each other in our various endeavors. I will miss our talks about the economy, finance and the business world. Trent was one of the most brilliant minds I have encountered.....he had an amazing way of seeing complication in the universe and distilling it into a more simple understandable way. I valued his perspective and greatly enjoyed all of our discussions. Even when I did not understand all of his trading strategies or complicated alogorithms & theories! Trent was a good father and loved his daughter very, very much. He spoke of her often and I know he will watch over her forever. This just breaks my heart....so hard to make sense of this. This is all so hard to understand and accept. I just saw him on Friday and we had a great conversation. We planned to catch up soon...catch up on life. I will always feel guilty I did not talk to Trent longer that night. Maybe he would have shared more....maybe I could have helped listen. I dont think this time he wanted my help. I am blessed that I had a last opportunity to see Trent. I hope you find the peace & serenity you were looking for and I hope you are able to see how many lives you touched....how many people that cared about you. You were a good friend and a good man. You will be missed by many. Goodbye my friend.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:28:11 +0000