Family Office Profiles

Heather Millstone, co-owner of Millstone Investments with her sister Jessica, has built a family office portfolio around women's soccer, including minority stakes in the Portland Thorns, the Calgary Wild and Crux Football, which owns clubs in Sweden and France. She talks about the early 2024 moment that pulled her into the sport, why family offices are especially suited to this kind of investing, and the real estate opportunities tied to building new stadiums.

Veteran family office leader Jennifer Connelly discusses why purpose, not complexity, should drive family office design — and what it takes to prepare a rising generation to carry it forward.

HF Capital's Camille Johnson uses events, education and engagement to help four generations of the Haslam family navigate stewardship and governance.

A hiking trip in Colorado led Brent Wouters to his first family office job. A year later, he's untangled 130 private investments, digitized decades of oil and gas records, and started rethinking what a family office can be. Here's how an aerospace engineer turned CEO is bringing Christy Thompson's vision to life.

Ninety percent of families lose their wealth by the third generation — and it's not because anyone overspent. Jamie Biddle, CEO of Still Pond Capital and an eighth-generation member of the duPont family, breaks down the math: between inflation, taxes and multiple heirs, families may need nearly 9% annual growth just to stand still. His fix leans on the one edge every family has — time.