The Capital Stack

Why Family Offices Optimize for Control, Not Returns


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Why do family offices consistently sacrifice IRR to maintain control? It's not risk aversion — it's how generational wealth survives. Control is the mechanism that preserves capital across decades.

This episode examines why sophisticated family office investors lead with governance rights, board seats, and co-investment structures rather than chasing returns. Essential listening for GPs raising capital from family offices and next-gen principals learning how patient private capital actually behaves.

Key topics: family office investing, capital allocation strategy, private equity LP, venture capital LP, raising capital from family offices, wealth preservation, generational wealth building, control investing, family office governance.

The Capital Stack — a daily briefing for family offices, next-gen principals, and trusted advisors who allocate long-term private capital.

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The Capital StackBy Thomas Carter