The Boy I Secretly Admired in High School Became My CEO—Then, on My First Day at Work, He Offered Me Money to Quit Before Lunch

Confident.

The kind of person who could walk into any room and somehow own it.

I was invisible to him.

We exchanged a few conversations over the years, but nothing more.

After graduation, life took us in different directions.

I earned a degree in accounting.

Worked my way through several companies.

Eventually landed an interview at one of the fastest-growing investment firms in the state.

The CEO’s name meant nothing to me.

**Jacob Turner.**