The Protégé

Having survived his rise to Chairman of Everest Capital, the world’s largest private equity firm, and the ferocious attempts on his life that ensued, Christian Gillette finally seems safely perched atop the financial industry. He’s just accepted Everest’s largest private investment, he’s poised to takeover his exrival’s sinking firm, and he’s just embarked on his firm’s most exciting venture to date, buying the NFL’s newest team — the Las Vegas Twenty-Ones.