Martoma was a first-generation American, a son of immigrants from India who had been raised to respect and fear his parents. Status, conferred through educational achievement at name-brand institutions, was a family obsession, along with the conviction that, as newcomers to America, they had to work harder than other Americans to find financial security. Theirs was a culture in which people were introduced with a lengthy summary of their achievements and credentials, including the number of school prizes they’d won going all the way back to second grade. In addition to making him rich, SAC
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