People often ask who our clients are and where they come from. Looking down the list of our 80ish client families, about 50% are from entrepreneurial families. Some of them have sold their businesses and some of them still operate…
Join Northwood Family Office's Tom McCullough at ACG Toronto's 19th Annual Capital Connection Conference on November 16th from 11:30 am - 12:20 pm EDT. Tom and other prominent leaders in the family office space will be panelists discussing direct investing in the family office…
I hope you are enjoying the “dog days” of summer (late summer in the Northern Hemisphere). Why are they called the dog days? For the Greeks and Romans, the dog days occurred around the time Sirius (the brightest star in…
When I started in the family office industry 18 years ago, a lot of people didn’t know what a family office was. When asked what kind of work I did, I replied that I worked with a family office. Several…
Semi-conductor shortage, third wave, vaccine tourism, lumber prices, Dogecoin, cottage madness, Elon Musk hosting SNL. These are some things you probably didn’t expect to see in the headlines in 2021. The pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world and…
Just about a year ago, on March 13, 2020, we made the decision to close our office and work from home like so many of you did. Who knew, at the time, that this would have continued for as long…
As I sit down to craft the latest reading list, I reflect on the change of pace we continue to see in the world with each passing day. Digital adoption has taken a quantum leap at both the personal and…
If I had told you in the Fall of 2016 – not even five years ago – that Elon Musk would be the richest man in the world, a global pandemic would virtually shut down the entire world, and a…
While the pandemic has taken away many of life’s enjoyable aspects, it has forced us to slow down, reflect and think about who we are, as individuals and as a society. This is a unique and defining moment and has…
In recent days, I have been seeing more and more families who are accumulating significant amounts of capital, selling businesses, experiencing family changes, and getting older. Many are beginning to think about whether a family office now makes sense for…
