CHAPTER I The Record That Wasn't Quite a Record Wall Street spent Monday, August 10, doing something it has rarely had to do this summer: standing still. The S&P 500 closed at approximately 7,753, a decline of just 0.

Artificial intelligence is supposed to save time. But in many organizations, including increasingly sophisticated family offices, AI is creating a new category of work that rarely appears on a budget, an organizational chart, or a productivity dashboard.

"We begin by praying, "Our Father, " but we press on, we persevere, by lovingly accepting and doing the will of God. Again, it is this union of wills that perfects us as children of God.

For ultra-high-net-worth families, the most important question about wealth is rarely how much can be accumulated? The deeper question is what is the wealth ultimately for? The life of St. Lawrence of Rome, whose feast is celebrated on August 10, offers one of history’s most striking answers.

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” — St.

For a family office or ultra-high-net-worth family, bribery is not merely a question about money changing hands. It is a question about whether wealth serves truth or purchases distortion.

Private investment firms of John Doerr and other billionaires are backing geothermal energy, nylon recycling and more.

The investor who beat 2008 sees a familiar setup building again.

Michael Saylor told Steven Bartlett that commercial property gave people a better chance of building wealth.

Media mogul’s commitment prompts Culture Secretary to approve controversial merger

A billionaire venture capitalist and philanthropist has launched a global competition for companies to come forward with innovative ideas for “making San Francisco a better place to live.” Former Sequoia Capital chairman Michael Moritz and his artist wife Harriet Heyman are awarding up to $150 million through their private family foundation, Crankstart, to organizations with a mission to transform the city. Billionaire Michael Moritz’s newest bet to transform San Francisco is being driven by

The Trump family's individual net worths have been revealed, and youngest son, Barron, is richer than First Lady Melania Trump Fri, 07 Aug 2026 President Donald Trump is a multi-billionaire with a rollercoaster financial journey but he's by far the only wealthy one in his family. His two sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, could retire now and live comfortably for the rest of their lives, and probably their children's lives. Ivanka has her own personal fortune, but it's $50 million less than

Meanwhile, inflation is up, jobs are down and American business owners report miserable conditions.

Tech progenies like Karl Cook and Jennifer and Phoebe Gates have made a mark outside of Silicon Valley — and a few others have done so in the same industry as their famous parents

From poverty to a C$500,000 loan that earned him a US$1.1-billion fortune, Michael Lee-Chin’s 5 rules for creating wealth offer lessons any Canadian investor can use

Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is the 64th richest person in the world.

James Chen is the founder of the Clearly campaign and chairman of The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation. August 9, 2026, 3:00 AM ET Twenty years ago, I walked into the World Bank convinced I had solved a problem affecting 2.2 billion people. I was wrong about the solution — but right about the problem, and it took a two-year rejection to teach me the difference. I had invested heavily in adjustable-power lenses that I believed were a game-changer for low-income countries. The World Bank wasn’t

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