Family Office Podcast: Billionaire & Centimillionaire Interviews & Investor Club Insights

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  From Homeless 2x to Multi-Billionaire: 10 Strategies, Stories & the Mindset to Create Wealth 03.10.2026 38p

  Send us Fan Mail Join Richard C. Wilson of the Family Office Club as he interviews legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist John Paul DeJoria — the force behind iconic brands like Paul Mitchell and Patron Tequila. In this inspiring conversation, JP shares the gritty details of his journey from homelessness and door-to-door sales to building billion-dollar brands. You'll hear about: - His humble beginnings and early hustle as a kid - The mindset and lessons learned selling encyclopedias - H...
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  A 9-Year NFL Veteran's Advice on Money, Mentors, and Purpose 02.10.2026 7p

  Send us Fan Mail Closing out this athlete panel, a nine-year NFL veteran reflects on the credit card mistake that shaped his approach to money, a chance mentorship encounter with an NBA legend that stuck with him for decades, and his current work bringing an education and augmented reality project to underserved communities in Jacksonville. Family Office Club has run 300+ events over 19 years, building the world's largest family office investor community. Come see what 16 million membe...
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  From the NFL to Buying European Football Clubs: Parker Graham's Story 30.09.2026 6p

  Send us Fan Mail A former NFL offensive lineman who once weighed 325 pounds now runs a tech company involved in buying and selling European football clubs worldwide. He breaks down the risk-taking and network-building that fueled his transition from the league into business, why mentorship is the ultimate cheat code, and how growing up with a single mother shaped his definition of purpose. Family Office Club has run 300+ events over 19 years, building the world's largest family office ...
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  Exclusive Interview: From $100K to a $1B Balance Sheet & 700 Employees 29.09.2026 23p

  Send us Fan Mail Saeed Amidi is a seasoned investor and executive with more than 30 years of experience building businesses across real estate, bottled water, packaging, and technology investing. In this exclusive interview, Richard C. Wilson sits down with Saeed to explore his journey from entrepreneur and family business executive to one of the leading figures in global startup investing. Saeed shares the story behind Plug and Play and the Palo Alto building that became known as the "Lucky...
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  He Went From MLB Pitcher to Insurance Exec at a Top-3 Global Broker 28.09.2026 6p

  Send us Fan Mail A 12-year MLB veteran turned insurance executive at the world's third-largest broker shares what family means to him, the mental game behind elite performance, and what he wishes he'd known about financial literacy before going pro. Backed by 19 years and 300+ events, Family Office Club connects investors and operators across every industry. Join our 16-million-member network. What's one piece of advice you'd give parents raising the next generation of athletes?...
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  Booking Golf Trips Just Got Easier: Inside a Travel Tech Startup 25.09.2026 6p

  Send us Fan Mail Coming from a family of Olympic and professional athletes, this founder pivoted from a wellness travel startup that couldn't scale into a golf-focused booking platform, now partnered with major names in the golf industry, solving the fragmented process of booking hotels, tee times, and events in one checkout. Family Office Club has spent 19 years building the world's largest family office investor community, 16 million members strong. See how founders like this one con...
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  The $1M Mistake That Changed How This Ex-Pro Baller Invests 23.09.2026 5p

  Send us Fan Mail A former professional basketball player who competed overseas in Germany opens up about the discipline that built his career, the financial mistake that cost him early on, and his next chapter: launching an NIL academy and performance facility in Los Angeles alongside a former Laker, plus a docuseries following young athletes through the realities of Name, Image, and Likeness deals. Family Office Club has hosted 300+ events over 19 years connecting builders like this w...
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  Fees, Staying In Your Lane, and Why The Next Generation Matters Most 21.09.2026 6p

  Send us Fan Mail A family relations director explains how staying disciplined in one investment lane can also mean missing generational opportunities like early AI bets, and why bringing the next generation in as genuine innovation partners (not just heirs) is what keeps multi-generational wealth resilient. The panel closes with the fee-structuring reality of when to pay $2,000-an-hour specialists versus mid-range project managers, and the one rule every operator on this panel was taught on d...
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  The Legal Mistakes Quietly Destroying Family Office Wealth 18.09.2026 8p

  Send us Fan Mail A trust and estates attorney explains why so many wealth holders set up asset protection or estate tax planning trusts and then quietly break the rules that make them work, plus the governance failures (no family council, no investment policy statement) that wreck multi-generational wealth long before any lawsuit does. You'll also hear the real net worth thresholds (roughly $250M to start a single family office, $750M-$1B before hiring an internal CIO) that determine when a f...
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  Why 99% Of Deal Pitches Sound Identical (And How To Fix It) 16.09.2026 3p

  Send us Fan Mail A family office investor explains why a 1970s multifamily deal in Dallas looks identical to one in Houston or San Antonio, and why having an actual investment thesis (not just chasing AI or the herd) is what separates sponsors who get funded from sponsors who get ignored. Real examples include an industrial outdoor storage thesis built around inflation uncertainty. Family Office Club's community has closed over $1B in transactions across our 16M+ member network because operat...
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  How Family Offices Filter Deal Flow (And The Red Flag That Kills A Deal Instantly) 14.09.2026 9p

  Send us Fan Mail A family office investor breaks down why humility beats overconfidence every time a sponsor walks in the door, including the real story of a first-time textile mill conversion that nearly got rejected on the spot. You'll hear exactly how trusted-source referrals and co-investment due diligence sharing speed up decisions across multiple family offices at once. Family Office Club has hosted 300+ events over 19 years connecting 16M+ registered members with the operators and capi...
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  What 4 Family Offices Wish They Knew Before Managing Serious Wealth 11.09.2026 8p

  Send us Fan Mail Coming into serious wealth changes everything. But almost nobody tells you the right things at the right time. In the closing segment of this Single Family Office Summit panel, four principals share what they actually wish someone had told them - and the answers are not what you'd expect. One panelist explains why vulnerability is the fastest path to real trust, and why he acts first before asking investors for anything. Another issues a challenge to rethink pain: wealth crea...
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  Capital Raising Hot Seats: Pitch Decks, Structures & Investor Relations with Richard C. Wilson 10.09.2026 1ó 20p

  Send us Fan Mail Richard C. Wilson runs a live Capital Raising Hot Seats webinar, giving real-time feedback to Family Office Club members on investor relations, pitch decks, deal structures, and capital raising strategy. Family Office Club by the numbers: 4 Family Office Super Summits per year, 12 Family Office Masterminds, 50 in-house AI tools built for members, and $1B+ in member deals closed. In this session, Richard covers: Why in-person trust still beats digital outreach for closing dea...
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  The Trust Formula Family Offices Actually Use 09.09.2026 11p

  Send us Fan Mail Everybody wants to do business with family offices. Almost nobody understands what actually builds trust with them. This panel goes deeper than the usual advice. One of the moderators opens with a story from Milken - a capital raiser so focused on the opportunity, he forgot to wash his hands. He lost the room before he opened his mouth. From there, four family office principals break down what trust actually looks like from their side of the table. A 45-year veteran of the na...
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  How 4 Family Offices Are Deploying Capital Right Now 07.09.2026 11p

  Send us Fan Mail 4 family offices. 4 completely different strategies. One honest conversation about where serious capital is going right now. In this panel from the Single Family Office Summit, a family office principal who built his wealth through Silicon Valley tech exits breaks down why he calls his approach "boring" - and why that's the point. Private credit, real estate, and a floor of steady income that funds high-conviction angel bets in defense tech. Another panelist explains how his ...
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  Private Credit Is Not Created Equal - Family Offices Debate the Risk 04.09.2026 2p

  Send us Fan Mail Private credit is one of the most talked-about asset classes in the family office world right now - but is the hype justified? In this panel discussion from the Single Family Office Summit, three family office principals share exactly where they stand on private credit in today's market - and the answers are more divided than you'd expect. One says it's nearly impossible to underwrite properly at current lending rates. Another is avoiding it entirely for cross-border capital....
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  How to Pitch Investors, Work With International Capital, and Allocate Your Attention Strategically 02.09.2026 6p

  Send us Fan Mail The final segment of this Single Family Office Summit panel delivers some of the most practical insights of the day. A brand strategist and communications founder opens with a direct challenge to anyone raising capital: stop leading with everything you do. Investors have roughly eight seconds of attention available. Lead with what matters to them, earn the next minute, and work from there. A cross-border family office advisor follows with a framework for working with Asian ca...
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  Exit Lessons From Experienced Investors: Trust, Skin in the Game, and Building a Business You'd Own Forever 31.08.2026 3p

  Send us Fan Mail What do you actually learn after scaling and selling a major platform? In this episode, two investors who have done it give their most honest answers. The first says the single rule that has never failed him is this: if a co-investor won't put their own money in, he walks. Trust and aligned incentives aren't nice-to-haves. They're the entire filter. The second shares the structural lesson his institutional capital partner taught him during a major platform build: think about ...
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  Bitcoin for Family Offices: Why No Position Is Now a Position | Richard C. Wilson x Eric Runge 28.08.2026 27p

  Send us Fan Mail No Bitcoin position is not a neutral position anymore. Richard Wilson sits down with Eric Runge, a Bitcoin-focused RIA founder and active Family Office Club member, in a conversation that started the same week a $1.5 billion trust company reached out to Family Office Club asking who in the community specializes in institutional Bitcoin strategy. Family Office Club has run 300+ investor events over 19 years for a 16 million member community, and this episode breaks down how fa...
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  The Case for Alternative Residential Real Estate: Student Housing, Senior Housing, and the Demographic Opportunity 28.08.2026 3p

  Send us Fan Mail This CIO co-founded a housing-focused investment firm after scaling one of the largest single-family rental platforms in the country alongside a major institutional capital partner. The playbook hasn't changed: find fragmented, alternative residential asset classes where institutional-quality operations haven't yet arrived, and build the platform that gets them there. In this episode, he breaks down why student housing and senior housing are the firm's most active deployment ...