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- Caroline Ellison worried she'd made a huge mistake within weeks of starting at Alameda Research.
- She told Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried's biographer, that she was "terrified" of the CEO.
- Ellison and SBF maintained a professional and, at times, romantic relationship from 2015 to 2018.
Before Caroline Ellison warmed up to dating Sam Bankman-Fried, she was afraid of him.