Philip Verges is a West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran who went on to build a global high-tech firm operating across Africa, Asia, and South America. A recipient of multiple Deloitte Fast 500 Awards and a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Verges has advised the United Nations on investment market reform to support small businesses and independent investors. In 2005, he was recruited by the CIA, earning the Earl Warren Outstanding Public Service Award for contributions to national security. His career later brought him into conflict with U.S. regulatory authorities, leading to an extraordinary personal and professional reckoning that inspired Finding We. Today, he advocates for ethical capitalism and greater transparency in government. Verges lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Heidi, where they raised five children.