SHE SIGNED THE DIVORCE WITHOUT A WORD—THEN ARRIVED BY BILLIONAIRE JET AND DESTROYED THEIR EMPIRE

in Margaret Kading, his retired chief operating officer, a woman with gray hair, sharp eyes, and a reputation for saving companies from ruin by cutting away whatever was rotting.

Margaret reviewed the financials.

“Hayes Industries is salvageable,” she said. “Barely. You’ll need to cut operating costs by at least thirty percent, renegotiate major contracts,continue reading …