Caroline Ellison is a math whiz, trader, and the shadow figure behind FTX's collapse — and now some of her personal notes on her feelings about her job have been revealed

• Caroline Ellison was the CEO of Alameda Research, a trading firm launched by Sam Bankman-Fried. 
• She oversaw many of the risky bets Alameda took with FTX customers' crypto tokens. 
• Here is her background story — including personal notes that have now been revealed.

Over the past few weeks, a mushroom of secrets about the inner workings of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange, FTX, have come to light.

From that, the once shadowy figure of Caroline Ellison has emerged as an important character behind FTX's seeming success and surprising downfall.