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Family governance

The structures and agreements by which a family makes decisions about shared wealth.

Family governance defines how a family decides together: the principles, the roles, and the way disagreements are resolved. It turns goodwill into a durable framework that outlasts any one generation.

Governance is the least discussed and most decisive factor in whether wealth lasts; most fortunes are lost not to markets but to a breakdown in communication and trust. Light structures, a charter, a council, a shared policy, are what turn good intentions into something that survives the next generation.

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