09/30/2014
Early billionaires created and pursued opportunities to satisfy the needs of the society. Profit was never in Thomas Alva Edison's mind when he developed electricity nor the Wright brothers when they invented the airplane. However, discovery and inno
09/25/2014
Family Office Exchange, a global membership organization of private family enterprises, their family offices, and key advisors, turns 25 years old this month and will celebrate this milestone achievement at the 2014 FOX Fall Forum to be held in Chicago Oc
09/24/2014
Every family office is different and bespoke to the needs of the family it is serving. Some are focussed exclusively on managing the family’s investments or its concierge and travel needs. Others, including Bedell Family Office, provide professional
09/18/2014
Family businesses are mirroring changes in society in “blended family businesses”, according to a new report released by UK-based Families in Business, which include any family firm that has invited members of a second family into senior posit
09/11/2014
A group of 11 family offices has committed to invest $300 million in clean energy, infrastructure, agriculture and water.
09/09/2014
Nobody said it would be easy to build up a multifamily office, much less one with national aspirations, as the Forbes Family Trust is finding out -- the hard way.
09/07/2014
The family office has participated in a $106-million pre-IPO round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers in DataStax