“My Sons Will Carry It Forward,” My Father Toasted at His Retirement — Then He Laughed and Said I ‘Never Had What It Takes,’ and That Was the Exact Moment I Walked Out and Built the Company That Replaced His

When Keane Industrial eventually restructured, Victor was forced out, Leon resigned quietly, and my father stepped down completely, selling what remained at a fraction of its former value, and while people whispered about karma and irony, I felt no satisfaction in watching it fall, only clarity about what happens when you mistake entitlement for leadership.

Arcway continued to grow.

Three years later, I stood at the opening of a new municipal project my firm had designed from the ground up, efficient, resilient, inclusive, and when a reporter asked how it felt to succeed without the family business behind me, I smiled and said,

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