Dennis Jaffe and Jim Grubman - The Inheritors Dilemma

“We're tainted by the worldview and the wish fulfillment about wealthy people and feelings about what is fair and good in life.”

Dennis Jaffe and Jim Grubman take on the dilemmas faced by inheritors and those who acquire wealth in a seminal paper in the psychology of wealth back in 2007. We discuss historical ways people have looked at money in families, how individuals cope with inheritance and how entrepreneurs adjust to their new lives after success. They introduce the concept of Wealth 3.0, which is a new way of thinking about family money as not purely destructive. Dennis and Jim are two of the most thoughtful people I have ever met in the family office and family wealth world, and I encourage you to check out their great books listed below.

WEBSITE for Dennis: https://dennisjaffe.com

READ Dennis at Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dennisjaffe/

WEBSITE for Jim: https://jamesgrubman.com

PAPER - The Acquirer’s and Inheritors Dilemma: https://jfn.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Acquirers-and-Inheritors-Dilemma-Discovering-Life-Purpose-and-Building-Personal-Identity-in-the-Presence-of-Wealth.pdf

BOOK - Cross Cultures - How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations

by Dennis Jaffe and James Grubman

BOOK - Strangers in Paradise - How Families Adapt to Wealth Across Generations

by James Grubman

BOOK - Borrowed from your Grandchildren - The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises

by Dennis Jaffe