Who We Remember Suzy Riedman on her dad - Quiet Strength in a Cowboy Hat
We ask each of our guests a simple yet profound question: "Whose life story from your own family would you most want to have documented on film?" and "How does your family's story shape your own personal and professional legacy?"
Today's guest: Suzy Riedman,
Suzie''s pick: Her dad, Richard Riedman
Sound Bites
“A grown man apologizing to his child—that’s real strength. My dad taught me courage lives inside an apology.”
“He couldn’t stand public speaking, yet he became a professor for 30 years. He trained himself to love what scared him.”
"My dad lived in threadbare Levi’s and drove a rusty Ranchero, but when it mattered—the horses, his kids—he paid for the best care without blinking."
Summary
In this tender, funny, and deeply human conversation, Suzy Reedman—founder of Family Wealth Dynamics—remembers her father, Richard Reedman: horseman, professor of audiology, humble builder of wealth, and relentless appreciator of simple joys. Suzy shares how he taught college for 30 years despite disliking public speaking, lived far below his means while quietly providing the best care for the people and animals he loved, and rode horses until months before his death from Parkinson’s.
We hear the now-legendary “maybe it was me” barn mystery, a family story that became Suzy’s touchstone for accountability and grace in conflict. From threadbare Levi’s and a well-worn cowboy hat to sunlit rides through Oregon woods, Suzy paints scenes that illuminate how humor, apology, and presence form a lasting legacy—and how her dad’s quiet strength informs her work guiding inheritors to clarity, purpose, and connection beyond the balance sheet.
About Suzy Suzy Riedman is the founder of Family Wealth Dynamics, where she guides inheritors and enterprising families through the emotional and practical complexities of wealth.
An inheritor herself with a background in real estate investment and coaching, Suzy creates safe, transformative conversations that help clients integrate identity, values, and capital—so relationships thrive alongside stewardship. She studied creative writing and is authoring a children’s book series (beginning with Bobby & Billy) designed to spark healthy, age-appropriate conversations about money, friendship, and purpose in families of wealth. Based in Oregon, Suzy draws on her lived experience—humor, humility, and a horseman father’s quiet wisdom—to help rising-gen leaders move from uncertainty to ownership, and from pressure to meaning.
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Credits
Produced by Jamie Yuenger and Piet Hurkmans. Our show’s musical intro and outro is taken from the track “Thursday” by the independent artist Nick Takénobu Ogawa. You can listen and support his music on bandcamp here