Talking Billions with Bogumil Baranowski

Jamie Yuenger: Why Rich Families Need Their Stories More Than Ever - Legacy as Emotional Infrastructure for Wealth


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Jamie Yuenger is the founder and CEO of StoryKeep, a pioneering company that helps affluent families preserve their legacies through documentary filmmaking and storytelling, transforming how multi-generational wealthy families connect with their heritage and values.

EPISODE NOTES

3:00 - Jamie's childhood revelation: Learning at age 9 that her father wasn't her biological dad, creating a lifelong fascination with family identity and secrets

6:00 - The basement moment: Meeting her biological grandmother at 18 and seeing ancestral artifacts from Scandinavia, sparking her understanding of generational connection

9:00 - Career pivot: From WNYC producer to family storytelling after being hired to interview a friend's father-in-law, discovering her life's calling

12:00 - Wealthy family education: Reading "Strangers in Paradise" and attending conferences to understand multi-generational family dynamics

15:00 - The real work: Stories as emotional infrastructure for family resilience, not just nostalgia or keepsakes

18:00 - Japanese internment example: How families initially resist difficult stories but ultimately embrace them as cornerstones of resilience

21:00 - Immigration's universal impact: Personal experience moving to Netherlands illuminating the hero's journey embedded in client stories

24:00 - Beyond founder stories: Importance of documenting multiple generations, especially women's contributions often left out

27:00 - Discovery process: 4-6 week phase determining real goals before production begins

30:00 - The screening moment: 80+ family members in a real theater experiencing their story together

35:00 - 100-year perspective: How one family dinner can contain living memory spanning centuries

38:00 - Personal prejudice confrontation: Overcoming working-class assumptions about wealthy people through actual relationships

45:00 - Trust building: The power of listening well and holding space rather than talking

50:00 - Global families: Using media to connect dispersed families across continents

55:00 - Legacy as ambassador: Etymology reveals legacy originally meant envoy to the future

59:00 - Success redefined: Focusing on a good life rather than traditional success metrics

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