Dec 07, 2021 / 10:00PM GMT
Lloyd Wharton Walmsley - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Analyst
All right. Good evening, and welcome to the final session of day 2 of the UBS TMT conference. My name is Lloyd Walmsley. I lead the Internet research team here at UBS, and I'm really excited to have Compass here presenting. We've got Robert Reffkin, CEO and Founder; and Kristen Ankerbrandt, the CFO. Thank you guys for joining. It's great to have you here.
Kristen M. Ankerbrandt - Compass, Inc. - CFO
Thank you.
Robert L. Reffkin - Compass, Inc. - Founder, Chairman & CEO
Thank you, Lloyd. Glad to be here.
Questions and Answers:
Lloyd Wharton Walmsley - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - AnalystAll right. Well, I'll start off just kind of at a high level. You guys have been public about 8 months now. Can you give us a bit of info on what surprised you the most and how it's different kind of running a public company versus a private company? Maybe start with you, Robert. And feel free to