The pillar that makes the other six matter.
Entity stacks, trusts, and the hardest single skill: preparing heirs to receive without disqualifying them.
LLC into S-Corp into trust-owned holdco. Domestic and offshore trust selection. Dynasty trusts (South Dakota perpetual). Irrevocable life insurance trusts. Family limited partnerships. Family offices. Governance documents — family constitution, investment policy statement, distribution committee charter. The gift and estate tax landscape. The 30-year and 300-year math. Closes with a working estate playbook templated to the member's actual stack.
CITATION-GRADE AUTHORS
Garrett Sutton · Robert Kiyosaki · James Hughes Jr.
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Public-filing case studies whose structural pattern lives inside this pillar.
The Foundationer
Diversified out of Microsoft into a private investment vehicle. Cascade Investment LLC owns farmland (largest private farmland holder in the US), Berkshire stock, AutoNation, Republic Services, Canadian National Railway, and Four Seasons.
The Holder
Held Microsoft. Did not diversify. Bought a sports franchise — illiquid, appreciating, scarce — with private debt structured to maximize tax depreciation under §168(k) bonus rules.
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