AT MY SISTER’S WEDDING MY FATHER PUBLICLY DISOWNED ME AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD SOLD THE COMPANY. EVERYONE LAUGHED WHEN HE REVEALED THE BUYER’S NAME—EVEREST HOLDINGS. I STOOD UP, SMILED, AND SAID, “I AM EVEREST HOLDINGS.” THE ENTIRE ROOM FELL SILENT.
The microphone screamed the first time my father tapped it—one sharp, metallic squeal that sliced through the ballroom like a…