Family Wealth

Keeping It in the Family - How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generations, 2nd, Revised and Expanded Edition

By: James E. Hughes Jr.

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

This is the landmark book that changed the way exceptional families think about their heritage, their wealth, and their legacy to future generations - now revised and expanded. Charles W. Collier, Senior Philanthropic Adviser at Harvard University, hails this as, "A masterpiece. No one is more astute than Jay Hughes about the topics of family wealth and family life."

©2004 James E. Hughes, Jr. (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Shines light on what it means to truly be family

The money is not the hard part. It's the easiest in fact. The problem lies in relationship and fixing the layers of our families dysfunctional behavior. Building trust and establishing protocol and respect.

This is a first in many books on a path to fixing family preserving wealth and building for the future.

Gave me a new perspective

Good advice. Lots of detail. Overall it was a great book for wealth management through generations.

The various ways to identity family capital and not just financial capital

This was a good introduction. The author provided good insight and examples. Will definitely go deeper and learn more. It’s worth rereading.

Funny and real

I love it because it makes so much common sense but deep thinking has to be applied to appreciate it.

Really good

I think there were a lot of great insights and thoughts in this book. The downside, as with most books of this type, while great at identifying concerns, they don’t provide a lot of great solutions.

Very informative

Loved the book. It is very informative yet also very overwhelming. Anyone who is considering to establish such planning will benefit from this book.

Succinct summary of family succession

Treats wealth management and family succession as a wholistic process. Provides guidance on how to avoid pitfalls through proper development of human capital and structure of assets.

good insights on preserving your family's wealth with some I haven't even thought of

good guide on things to thinki about when setting up a trust and the role future recipients will face

Great stories about concepts of long term family

Great stories about concepts of long term family citing dynastic families & examples that any modern UHNW founder would benefit from

Practical!

Provides practical and very important information on family wealth building. Also addresses the dynamics in a relatable way