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APPRISING HISTORY’S TITANS Dating back to Richard Nixon, Ed has consulted on and Ed’s co-action with our nation’s leaders extended
influenced policies that have impacted global economies.
for decades. Ronald Reagan referred to him as “Mr.
He has also granted and redeemed favors from men who
his summer property near Walker’s Point in Maine.
had access to the entirety of America’s resources. Hennessy.” The elder George Bush docked his yacht at
PERHAPS NO MORE IMPRESSIVE A LEDGER of notable devotees exists, than those found To wit, Nixon himself once asked to borrow Ed’s 747 for Yet the person Ed declares he was most awed by was
within the archives of Rolls-Royce and Bentley. For nearly a century, the world’s two foremost a trip to China; a request only signed off on in exchange neither a man, nor a United States citizen; but the late
luxury automobile brands have captured the eyes, hearts, and pocketbooks of the world’s for the President agreeing to speak at his company’s Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher.
most wealthy and powerful individuals. upcoming Christmas party. Nixon obliged, and
concluded his speech that evening to a standing ovation.

Club Braman Member Edward L. Hennessy Jr

While the names of these public figures generate the headlines, it’s befit to consider the fact Today, another icon hailing from the English isle can While theirs may not be household names, those
that these two marques are so revered, that those who apprise the elite; whom country leaders be found in his garage—Bentley’s latest Flying Spur, of whose hands continue to indirectly guide history
and titans of business trust for guidance, are adherents as well. Acting as the vehicle of choice 2020 vintage. Over the years, Ed has owned the finest deserve similar veneration. Ed has perhaps enjoyed
for the men behind the men might be an even more remarkable accomplishment. models offered by both Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but it a quieter, though no less demanding life; while still
wasn’t until his move to South Florida that he finally partaking in the best the world has to offer. It is no
Edward L. Hennessy Jr. is well-versed with accomplishment. found a partner to match the world-class experience surprise that he states with conviction that given the
promised by the badge. Impressed by the level of chance, he’d change nothing.
Now in his third decade of retirement, Ed’s days of counseling business executives and leaders service and care eminent throughout the Braman
both foreign and domestic are—mostly—behind him. However, the framed photographs, Motorcars campus, Ed has become a loyal client— For Braman Motorcars, it is an honor to have been a
certificates, and artifacts displayed throughout his home office serve as an altar to a lifetime regularly exchanging one fine luxury coach for another small part of it.
of unparalleled experiences given context by the wisdom ever-present at the tip of his tongue. every three years.

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