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EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 41 MIN

My Husband Became CEO When My Father Died — Then Fired Me

from American Billionaire Tales (ABT) · host ABT Studio

My father died, the board installed my husband as interim CEO of our $1.9B company — and five days later he fired me from the company I helped build, before we even held the funeral. A marriage fractured. A succession war opened. His speed triggered something he never anticipated. The dead founder may still be controlling the room.Should a company go to blood or competence after the founder dies — and would you have pulled the same document?Follow American Billionaire Tales — where fortune meets fate.

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My father died, the board installed my husband as interim CEO of our $1.9B company — and five days later he fired me from the company I helped build, before we even held the funeral. A marriage fractured. A succession war opened. His speed triggered...

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