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I
was surprised to see
Rick
Latona's announcement Sunday that he
and David Clements, who
was serving as President of Rick
Latona Auctions, are going their separate
ways. Clements said he and Latona have known
each other for about 20 years now. David met
Rick through David's brother Toby who has been
one Latona's closest friends over the years, as
well as a business partner in recent years.
Latona said Toby brought David into the company
and the trio has worked together for the past
two years. Rick and David both said the split was an amicable one. Toby, who worked
with Rick to start Latona's domain brokerage
business, will now shoulder more work in the
auction company as he and Latona will jointly
run that operation. I've gotten to know Toby over
the past couple of years and he is a good man
who I'm sure will continue to do a great job
in the various Latona enterprises. In
his blog post Sunday, Latona noted, "As
for David, please know that he’s like a
brother to me. He really is a brother to
Toby. We respect him and have nothing bad to say
about his character or abilities." Rick
and David seemed to be inseparable over the past
two years. In February they impressed a lot of
people when the two of them rode
bicycles from their homes in Atlanta
all the way to New Orleans for the 2010
Domainer Mardi Gras conference.
Clements said he now plans to look for
investment and business opportunities and he
added. "If you would like to speak to me
about one, please shoot an email to david at
davidclements.com."
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