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Asia’s most extravagant royal. Can family offices afford to ignore crypto? How a “Soviet traitor” made billions. Financial wellness for next-gen heirs.
Mr FamilyOffice
June 09, 2025
FAMILY OFFICE BUZZ
A weekly collection of family office news and highlights. Included this week:
Asia’s most extravagant royal
Can family offices afford to ignore crypto?
How a “Soviet traitor” made billions
Financial wellness for next-gen heirs
More on the rich-people-suck content genre
𝕏 highlights
The evolution of family office asset allocation, 2016-2025.
The evolution of family office asset allocation from 2016 to 2025.
Pleased to see the visualization how this has changed over the past decade, updated with new data out this month.
— GPFO (@GPFOffices)
5:48 AM • Jun 1, 2025
A great primer on family offices.
Managing significant wealth requires a thoughtful, organized system that handles many different elements. Family office structures fill this need. They act as hubs, uniting all the parts needed to protect, grow, and manage wealth.
For people preparing for significant financial
— Jake Claver, QFOP (@beyond_broke)
9:01 PM • Jun 3, 2025
How a Soviet “traitor” made billions.
In 1977, this 11-year-old was branded a "traitor" by the Soviet government.
47 years later, his fund manages $17 billion and hasn't had a down year since 2007.
He did it by building a system so powerful it beats 99.9% of investors.
Heres the amazing story of Igor Tulchinsky:
— Kevin (@100baggerhunt)
12:30 PM • Jun 2, 2025
A profile of extreme wealth: the Sultan of Johor.
This is the Sultan of Johor.
He owns an $800 million car collection (including Hitler's Mercedes).
Here are 7 ridiculous facts about Asia's most extravagant royal:
— The Forex Complex (@TheForexComplex)
2:19 PM • Jun 2, 2025
And some life philosophy.
A whole life philosophy by Nietzsche
— Philosophy Nerd (@_philosophynerd)
7:24 PM • Jun 6, 2025
in LinkedIn highlights
Money in motion - with women at the center.
Are mega-RIAs just the new wirehouses?
Most inheritors will change their wealth advisors - here’s why.
📰 family office news roundup
Financial wellness for next-gen heirs. There’s a $70 trillion wealth transfer underway, and most heirs aren’t ready. AI could be the unlikely ally to help them manage the money and pressure all at once - Mr Family Office
Single family offices worth over $4.6 trillion globally. The global SFO universe now controls more than $4.6 trillion—up from $1.2 trillion in 2008. The boom’s driven by the wealth explosion in tech and finance, but also by families moving away from private banks - Spear’s
The rich-people-suck genre. I recommended Your Friends and Neighbors recently. It’s a dark, stylish drama about money, power, and betrayal in an exclusive NYC community. It also feeds into the “Eat the Rich” genre (or as the New Yorker puts it, the “rich-people-suck genre”, which is both entertaining and problematic - The New Yorker
Can family offices afford to ignore crypto?
This is a question I hear a LOT on X. Crypto is moving beyond a fringe asset. Big family offices are quietly adding it to the mix. Even the cautious ones are rethinking old assumptions as digital assets start to look less like a gamble and more like a hedge - Financial News London
Does wealth rarely survive the grandchildren - and if so, how can you beat the odds? Family fortunes can vanish by the third generation, but it’s not inevitable. The secret? Less focus on spreadsheets, more on storytelling, values, and preparing heirs early - MarketWatch
🍾 Living Large: the finer things in life
Is the Dog Room the New Luxury Must-Have? Forget the designer leash, does Fido have his own room? (Now this is my kind of content!) - Elle Decor
Friday’s newsletter is all about small family offices.
Until then, see you on 𝕏 or LinkedIn.
