"That was his decision." He spoke in a calm, collected voice to show that was the opposite of what he'd decided; also, that he hadn't done so in an angry temper. He didn't like the thought of running a business. It was disinteresting, unlike natural sciences - he liked to figure out the why.
"I suggested we employed from within the family." That was the end of the matter. "Honestly? I find the interior of a human being more interesting than the exterior."