HE GAVE MY PLACE TO HIS MISTRESS. OUR SON GAVE ME THE COMPANY

had been donated, sold, or absorbed into an estate vehicle.

They had not.

The shares were held in the Sterling Next Inventor Trust.

The terms were unusual.

The shares would vest in Theodore Sterling’s first biological grandchild who completed an independently verified original invention before turning eighteen.

The invention had to reach national recognition.continue reading …