They all speak favorably of their former, collapsed company, and many still see Mr. Milken as responsible for their success. One noted, “He’s so brilliant, it’s like getting near the sun.” Another said, “He was the best visionary Wall Street ever had.” Another, Leon Wagner, who served on Drexel’s trading desk and now is chairman of GoldTree Asset Management, said, “Just to be able to sit on the desk and see the call start at 4:15 in the morning, Boesky and Perelman and Diller with him but a powerful lesson as well: “There’s a difference between being very competitive and can-do, and winning at all costs. All costs is costly