At Thirty, My Marriage Fell Apart and I Struck It Rich

On the brink of bankruptcy, I could no longer turn things around. All I could do was watch as the company I had built from the ground up became a plaything in someone else's hands. So, the day the whole enterprise came crashing down, everyone kicked me while I was down.

My brothers turned against me, my wife betrayed me, and mockery and abuse cut into me like a blunt knife.

I was past thirty, tasting the bitterness of reality, and I finally understood the warmth and coldness of human nature. Money was the true bargaining chip by which a man won the world.