PARENTS HELD EMERGENCY MEETING ABOUT MY FAILED BUSINESS—THEN THE WSJ STEPPED IN

confidence. Behind me, the screens lit up with our latest demonstration.

“Three years ago,” I began, “I left a prestigious banking career for what my family called a dream. Today, that dream is valued at eight billion dollars.”

Dad visibly stiffened at the number.

“But this isn’t a story about money. It’s about vision. While others saw encryption as a continue reading …