Wealth Office

In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane sits down with Lady Linda Wong Davies - a leading cultural patron working at the intersection of China, Africa and the West and Founder of the KT Wong Foundation - to explore one of the most important shifts shaping the modern world: the rise of cultural fusion. For centuries, global power has been accompanied by cultural dominance. From Renaiss...

What is a family office actually for? In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane sits down with Elaine Chow, Managing Partner of Trinity Capital, her family’s Hong Kong–based single family office, to explore how she built an institution designed not merely to preserve wealth - but to steward it. Elaine’s journey began not with a textbook definition of a family office, but with a moment o...

Over the next twenty years, more than $100 trillion in private wealth will transfer across generations. Nearly half of that capital will be in Asia. In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane is joined by Marshall Jen, a scholar and advisor deeply embedded in Asia’s evolving family office ecosystem. As Co-Director of one of the world’s few Master’s programmes dedicated to family wealth a...

What does it mean to build for a future you may never personally benefit from? In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane is joined by Nicolas De Santis - a dot-com pioneer who helped shape the early internet, co-founding Opodo, one of Europe’s first large-scale online travel platforms, and later creating one of the world’s earliest digital currencies - long before crypto entered the mai...

Nearly 90% of family businesses fail by the third generation. Not because of capital — but because of power, ego, and succession. In this episode of Wealth Office , Michael Macfarlane speaks with William Louey , fourth-generation member of the family behind Kowloon Motor Bus , the transport system that carries millions of people across Hong Kong every day. William inherited responsibility at just...

Will AI educate humanity — or control It? In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane sits down with Shield Xiao Dun for a conversation that goes far beyond startups, valuations, or even technology. This is a single, sweeping narrative about AI’s most dangerous futures, education as a safeguard against dystopia, and why China is emerging as one of the world’s primary innovation frontiers...

The largest wealth transfer in human history is already underway — and most families aren’t prepared. Political risk is rising, next-gen values are shifting fast, and the old playbook for wealth, mobility, and legacy no longer works. If you want to understand what’s coming — and how families can navigate it — this episode is essential listening. In this episode of Wealth Office , Michael Macfarlan...

For the first time in 300 years, the centuries-old relationship between wealth and art has broken. While global markets surge, art sales are slowing — signalling a deeper shift in how society defines value, culture, and influence . In this powerful episode of Wealth Office , host Michael Macfarlane sits down with international art icon Pearl Lam , one of Asia’s most influential cultural figures, t...

In this episode of Wealth Office , host Michael Macfarlane sits down with Allen Law —entrepreneur, hotelier, and founder of Morrow and Seveno Capital —to explore how family offices are approaching the $8 trillion longevity economy and what it means for wealth, impact, and the next generation of leadership. UBS has identified longevity, alongside artificial intelligence (AI) and energy transition ,...

Welcome to Wealth Office — a new series exploring the hidden world of modern wealth. For centuries, wealth has shaped geopolitics, culture, and innovation. Today, we’re in a new era — the rise of the family office . Wealth is no longer just about palaces, art, or power; it’s about impact — in business, philanthropy, creativity, and technology. Hosted by Michael Macfarlane , principal partner at Mi...