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I don't know where I first read it, but here's an article talking about it https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...

Apparently this has been the case for long enough that there's even an old Chinese proverb

> Wealth does not pass three generations



I believe it’s not really true for Europe, at least regarding the most wealthy families [0].

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[0]: https://www.fa-mag.com/news/how-to-stay-rich-in-europe--inhe...


I don't see how that article suggests it's different in Europe.


It is an interesting Chinese proverb!

>> Maintaining inherited wealth has worked for generations of Frescobaldis over 700 years

The article gives a counter example (wealth passed 700 years is way over 3 generations), and tries to argue that this example is more than just an outlier?

>> heirs and heiresses make up about half of Western Europe’s billionaires.




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