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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Chefs, Nannies, and Household Help: The Labor Behind Affluent Life
About 2.2 million people work in private homes in the US. At the top, household help is a six-figure profession; at the bottom, a workforce the FLSA only partially covers.
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Longevity: How the Wealthy Spend on Healthspan
The wealthy spend $1,500 to $2 million a year on longevity. The gap is real. The healthspan gap is not. Here’s what each tier actually buys.
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Family Office: How the Very Rich Organize Their Lives and Money
There are about 8,030 single family offices in the world — private companies that run one family’s money, taxes, household, and philanthropy. Inside how they work.
