Victor Chen's next move was bold and calculated. Two days after our coffee shop meeting, news broke that he'd orchestrated a major acquisition. He'd bought the largest nonprofit organization in California, the one that had been doing charitable work for over thirty years. With that acquisition, he now controlled the majority of charitable funding in the state.
The message was clear: he was consolidating power, cutting me off from potential partnerships and donors.
My father called me when the news broke.
"He's making a move," James said. "This is serious, Willy. He's trying to establish a monopoly on charitable work in California. If he succeeds, he'll be able to dictate what kind of charitable work gets done and what doesn't."
"So what do we do?" I asked.
"We go bigger," James said.
