But after several years of strong performance, he took the fund public 18 months ago.
Many members, however, truly love the piece, which after 8 or 10 straight years of performance has come to seem like an old friend.
After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2007.
After an initial year of poor performance, schools would get more money and technical help.
At some companies, the sales came after years of solid performance that were followed by a single bad year.
After two years of poor performance, the Tiger funds closed in 2000.
In his book 'Positive' he admitted to five years of performance enhancing drug use.
He received a medal from that company in 1985 for his 25 years of distinguished performance.
As of December 2008, the play was in its 11th year of performance and had been seen by over 100,000 people.
This record represented several years of live performance and songwriting.