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The Whitaker family reunion brunch was already in full swing.Sunlight flashed off polished cutlery and half-empty mimosa glasses as my relatives took turns bragging about promotions, home renovations, and Ivy League acceptances.I sat at the far end of the long farmhouse table on my grandmother’s vineyard in Napa, quietly sipping my coffee.Isabelle, as always, held the room.“I’m on track to become the youngest executive director in the firm’s history,” she said, brushing her sleek blond hair over one shoulder. “The partners were blown away by my numbers last quarter.”Soft applause followed.My mother beamed.“That’s our Isabelle. Yale and Deote. What a combination.”I smiled faintly.That morning, I’d received a very different kind of message—confirming that Stratus Dynamics, the company I founded four years ago, had just been valued at $4.2 billion.
The same email said Forbes wanted me for their next cover.