"Specific names of people and firms in Sun's book are anonymized, so I can't know for sure. But if you follow the venture capital and hedge fund worlds closely, it's hard to miss the common threads between Sun's boss-referred to as "Boone Prescott," the founder of elite hedge fund "Carbon," in the book-and Chase Coleman of Tiger Global. Sun declines to confirm whether my assumptions are accurate (Tiger Global didn't respond to my request for comment, either)."
"By keeping names anonymous in her memoir, she has revolved the narrative around her own story-and no one else's. "I really wanted to tell a perspective from just an average employee, because I feel that junior employees deserve to have their stories heard as well," she told me. I sat down with Sun to talk about her book, which I found to be thought-provoking, and to dig deep into the questions around the psychological and physical cost of burnout."
"Term Sheet: I was a bit shocked to read how much you were doing specifically to prepare your boss for interviews he was doing on stage-how you were reviewing his slide decks, coming up with questions for meetings. Can you talk a little bit more about that part? And was it difficult not getting much credit for any of those things? Sun: There's a small detail in the book where I show that he tried to give me credit. Sometimes during the off sites he'd be like: Oh Carrie did this; Carrie did that."
"But I want credit more than just a shout out. I think I both deserve to be compensated in a way that was reflective of the type of value I was adding to t"
A memoir about private equity details the day-to-day responsibilities of a hedge fund executive assistant. Names of people and firms are anonymized, leaving uncertainty about real-world counterparts, while parallels are suggested to prominent venture capital and hedge fund figures. The narrative centers on the assistant’s perspective, emphasizing that junior employees’ stories deserve visibility. The work includes preparing a boss for public interviews by reviewing slide decks and generating questions for meetings. Recognition often comes as brief mentions rather than meaningful credit. The memoir also focuses on the psychological and physical toll of burnout and the need for compensation that reflects the value added.
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