Entrepreneur, Operator, Investor. 20+ years building businesses across the UK, Europe, China, and emerging markets. Now a Partner at a wealth management firm. Playing RPG Life, sharing what I learn.
Most founders hear "you need a family office" once they cross $10M in liquid assets. The real question isn't SFO vs MFO — it's which structure matches your actual complexity, not your aspirations. Here's the framework.
86% of family offices have no succession plan. SpaceX files a $1.75T IPO. The architecture behind founder wealth is running behind the money.
The S&P 500 just posted its worst quarter since 2022. Oil surged 73% in ten weeks. Private credit funds are capping redemptions. And gold quietly outperformed everything. For founders who built portfolios in a low-rate, stable-energy world, every assumption is being tested at once.
Four weeks of war stripped away the fiction that most portfolios are diversified. Stocks, bonds, and gold fell together — the second correlation breakdown in four years. What it means for founders who built 'balanced' portfolios after exit.
First-generation wealth creators build structures from scratch. For global founders, multiple jurisdictions make estate planning more complex, and the cost of getting it wrong is measured in millions.
A third of global entrepreneurs are heading for the exits within five years. Most haven't built the wealth architecture, tax strategy, or psychological infrastructure to handle what comes next.
Most founders deploy heavily into private markets after exit — then discover they have no good way to access cash when they need it. NAV financing lets you borrow against the combined value of your private portfolio without selling anything.
Founders who bootstrapped hate debt. But strategic borrowing is how wealthy families build faster and more tax-efficiently. Here's how to think about using debt for wealth building — without becoming the cautionary tale.
AI wiped $1 trillion off software stocks in February. Now it's repricing the loans underneath them. JPMorgan's markdown of software credit is a signal founders with private market allocations can't ignore.
Family offices doubled their private credit holdings in one year. Then the redemption gates started closing. What this asset class actually is, why it's being stress-tested right now, and how to evaluate it with clear eyes.
Fintech funding jumped 21% while deal count hit an eight-year low. The IPO pipeline is deep, but only nine have priced in 2026. Tender offers are replacing traditional exits. Every path to founder liquidity just got narrower.
Blue Owl's redemption halt exposed private credit's SaaS problem. Secondaries hit $240 billion. McKinsey declared the PE playbook dead. California's wealth tax moved forward. Four stories reshaping how founders think about private capital.
