Legacy: Inheritance, Heirs, and Family Continuity
About 90% of family wealth is gone by the third generation. Inside the trusts, governance, and heir prep that separate the dynasties that last from those that don’t.
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Inheritance: The Transfer of Wealth Between Generations
How wealth actually moves between generations in 2026 — the $15M exemption, the step-up in basis, lifetime gifts, dynasty trusts, and the talk-to-the-heirs problem.
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Divorce: What Happens When Wealth Splits
About 49% of billionaire marriages end in divorce. What that statistic hides — and why MacKenzie Scott took 25% of Jeff Bezos’s Amazon stake, not the 50% Washington law would have allowed.
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Marriage and Prenups: Romance, Power, and Protection
About 80% of $1M+ households sign a prenup, vs. ~15–20% of the general public. What that contract actually does — and the two things doing more work behind it.
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College Admissions: How Wealth Expands the Playing Field
Operation Varsity Blues closed the criminal back door to top-tier college admissions. The legal version — bigger, quieter, and post-SFFA still intact — did not move.
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Children: How Wealth Shapes Upbringing and Opportunity
Wealthy parents spend $70K a year on a Manhattan kindergarten and $500K on a college consultant. The genuine risks to their children are not what most of them are buying against.
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Dating: Love, Trust, and Wealth
Top matchmakers charge $1.5M. Background checks run $5K–$25K. Prenups are near-universal at $1M+. How dating becomes infrastructure as wealth scales.
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Education: Schooling, Admissions, and Advantage
Trinity charges $69,000. Harvard admits 43% of white students through legacy, athlete, or donor paths. A clear look at the schooling money buys — and what it doesn’t.
