Patrick Byrne earned a Certificate from Beijing Normal University, a BA from Dartmouth, an M Phil. from Cambridge (as a Marshall Scholar), and a PhD from Stanford. Twenty years later, Byrne was named National Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. Those 20 years were ones of toil, sweat, David vs. Goliath matches, breakthroughs, and (occasionally) victories. In 2004 Byrne and the oligarchy got cross-wise, and they have been at odds ever since. Byrne believes the oligarchy has two wings, Wall Street and the Deep State, and that he has them surrounded.