The Head Secretary
An IRS auditor discovers that the most powerful person in a tech startup isn’t the CEO. It’s the Head Secretary.
Evan Brooks arrived just after eight, which, according to the file, was two hours before anyone else at Clarity Holdings, Inc. usually rolled in, unless there was an espresso giveaway or a new crypto drop. The lobby was tall, glossy, and trying very hard to impress someone’s venture capitalist uncle. It was all steel beams and polished stone fronted by a reception desk shaped like a lowercase “c.” It was the kind of succe...