Chapter 20 - BENNETT WITHOUT EVERWOOD
I never became Everwood CEO.
People expected it.
The son who exposed the father.
The rightful branch.
The company savior.
No.
I worked in commercial construction management.
Later opened a small facilities consultancy.
Boring work.
Good clients.
No family board.
My six-percent direct shares remained.
Josephine’s branch interest stayed in trust.
Over time, the independent trustee diversified part of it.
Everwood was one investment.
Not destiny.
When reporters asked why I did not join the board, I said:
“Ownership is not qualification.”
Robert would have hated that sentence.
Grace loved it.
At forty, I finally sold half my direct shares to the employee plan.
Not a grand gesture.
I wanted diversification.
Employees wanted equity.
Market price.
Independent valuation.
May you like
No family discount.
Good governance can be wonderfully unromantic.
