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Private Equity: A Memoir

Carrie Sun

Year read: 2024

About the book

Carrie Sun recounts becoming the personal assistant to a billionaire hedge-fund founder after years of academic and professional achievement left her uncertain about her future. The prestigious job grants access to an extraordinary world of wealth while demanding increasing control over her time and identity. As her health deteriorates, she reconsiders ambition, family expectations, and the meaning of success, asking how much of a life work should claim.

Synopsis source: Penguin Random House (opens in a new tab)