He negotiated the sale primarily with twenty-six-year-old Gus Wenner, the heir apparent of the company, which was co-founded by his father, Jann.
"It's very flattering to be tipped to win [the Mercury], but I don't think we should take it too seriously," says 23-year-old Gus, the youngest of the four.
As flash bulbs popped throughout the 52-year-old stadium, Gus Frerotte, replacing the injured Brian Griese, passed for one touchdown and ran for another score.
His 72-year-old hero, Gus Marcantonio, a retired union organizer, tells his assembled family that he has guessed he has Alzheimer's, and wants to sell the family house and kill himself over the weekend.
Rolling Stone magazine drew the ire of journalists across the country last week when the owner, Jann Wenner, named his 22-year-old son, Gus, the head of the magazine's website.
So why won't the child's mother, Danielle Schreiber, let Patric see her 4-year-old son Gus, you might ask.
The concept, a confluence of interest in natural foods and fancy foods, and now drinking, is being developed by small companies like Izze Beverage Company in Boulder, Colo., which is two years old, and Gus ("Gus" stands for "grown-up soda") in New York, which is a year old.
Heck, old Gus had lost before.
No. 300 will come — with any luck, sooner than it did for old Gus.
