C18 TREAT MY BROTHER WELL.
By morning, when the knocked-out CEOs awoke they'd be ruined and because he has every power to back it up, none of them would be able to do anything, and whoever dares to be a little disturbance, he doesn't mind silencing them off.
CEO Eric knew everything about his work which is why he doesn't deal with companies bigger than his, nor does he do anything that'll risk revealing his secret