i will be talking with bob benmosche, former chief executive of aig. i traveled through croatia to spend time with this retired it tighten. -- wall street titan. >> there are not many views like this in the world. >> when you come here to you instantly relax? >> at his vineyard. he recounts how he turns around the company left four dead. -- dead. >> you thought i had a company worth zero dollars. a is, the market value of almost $80 billion. >> all dealing with a very personal struggle. illness they told me , i had nine months or a year to live. they put me on this aggressive chemotherapy because i said i have an obligation to resign if i cannot handle the chemotherapy. >> robert was born in brooklyn in 1934. early in his childhood his father moved the family to the catskill mountains, but shortly afterwards, his father died of a heart attack, leaving his mother and three other siblings a quarter of a million dollars in debt and with a half completed hotel. from there, money, having enough of it, became a driving force in benmosche's life. soon after g