The Capital Stack is a daily briefing for family offices, next-generation principals, and trusted advisors who allocate long-term private capital.
This is not a news show. There are no interviews, no sponsor reads, and no explanations of basic terms.
Each episode extracts a single pattern, behavior, or structural truth about how sophisticated family capital actually operates — why it optimizes for control over returns, why governance matters more than performance, and why quiet capital behaves differently than institutional money.
If you sit in allocation meetings, advise principals on direct deals, or manage capital across generations, this podcast was built for you.
3–5 minutes. No filler. No hype.
Latest Episodes
Why Capital Preservation Beats Growth at Scale
Once family wealth crosses a certain threshold, the math changes. Growth becomes optional. Preservation becomes mandatory. This isn't conservatism — it's arithmetic.
Governance Fails Before Performance Does
When family office deals fail, the autopsy reveals governance breakdown months before the numbers turned. Performance is a lagging indicator — governance is the leadin...
Why Family Offices Optimize for Control, Not Returns
Family offices consistently sacrifice IRR to maintain control — not from risk aversion, but because control is how generational wealth survives.