Family Office
June 9, 2025
Ultra-high-net-worth families have long looked to family offices to help them steward multi-generational wealth. Today, an estimated ~8,000 single family offices control $5.5 trillion (USD) worldwide. Although their initial ...
Member & Chair Insights
April 30, 2025
What does it truly mean to establish a legacy? In this conversation powered by TIGER 21, our panel of wealth, estate, and family office experts went beyond tax considerations and trust structures to get to the heart of preparing your heirs to carr...
Member & Chair Insights
September 19, 2024
With their complex histories, interdependent relationships, and high emotional stakes, family dynamics can be especially impacted when one member goes through a major liquidity event. For our third installation in the Life Aft...
Member & Chair Insights
March 25, 2024
The process of transitioning the management of a family enterprise from one generation (i.e., the Transitioning Generation) to the next (i.e., the Rising Generation) can be fraught with complex and highly emotional issues. Or, with thoughtful...
Family & Legacy Planning
March 22, 2024
In celebrating its 25th anniversary, TIGER 21 launched its Singapore Group, its first in the Asia Pacific region, marking another significant milestone. In follow-up to Founder and Chairman Michael W. Sonnenfeldt attending the Group Meeting,...
Member & Chair Insights
August 1, 2023
Passing an enterprise from one generation to the next involves dealing with a host of family relationship issues. To name just two: treating parents and all children (those involved in the enterprise and those not) fairly and deciding who will hav...
Member & Chair Insights
July 19, 2023
No Whining on the Yacht (But You Can Talk about the Voyage)! If you are someone who has created significant wealth, you have put yourself in the wonderful position of having financial security and the ability to do many things. You may even buy...
Member & Chair Insights
June 7, 2023
Thanks to TIGER 21 Member Steven Check, over 50 TIGER 21 Members and their guests attended our inaugural Berkshire Hathaway event in Omaha. Among the group were several first-time attendees to Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting, along with ...
Member & Chair Insights
March 23, 2023
Selling a business—especially one that’s been grown from the ground up—is a huge decision. While the financial implications loom large, the personal implications are equally significant—and can’t be overlooked. &...
Member & Chair Insights
December 12, 2022
If you are running an enterprise alone or with only one partner, there are no committees or obstacles to prevent you from making decisions or changing direction on the fly. The same is likely true if you are operating an enterprise with your adult...
Member & Chair Insights
October 20, 2022
TIGER 21 Founder and Chairman Michael Sonnenfeldt outlined the Two Percent Solution in his bylined article on Family Wealth Report, a strategy that high-net-worth individuals use to preserve their wealth by living on 2 percent of their net worth w...
Member & Chair Insights
August 19, 2022
TIGER 21 Founder & Chairman Michael Sonnenfeldt recently made an appearance on the My First Million Podcast to discuss selling your first company with hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri. Michael founded TIGER 21 in 1999 while seeking objective a...