And he always seemed especially interested in my career.
I’d told him I worked in investment consulting.
That was true.
What I hadn’t explained was the full extent of my financial involvement.
My late father had founded a private investment company years earlier.
After his passing, I inherited a controlling interest in the business.
I owned seventy-two percent of the firm and played a significant role in its investment decisions.
I preferred keeping that part of my life private.
Not because I was ashamed of my success.
But because I’d
