family office

American  

[fam-lee aw-fis, of-is, fam-uh-lee] / ˈfæm li ˈɔ fɪs, ˈɒf ɪs, ˈfæm ə li /

noun

1. a financial advisory firm for extremely wealthy private individuals that is designed to offer comprehensive management of all assets, especially one that serves a single family.

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Etymology

Origin of family office

First recorded in 2000–05

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family office

"I was told there was a global family office based in London, so the money could have come from Singapore," he said of the conversation in the Channel 4 film.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Druckenmiller said he and his colleagues in his family office use all the major AI tools—Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity—for their work, including their writing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

That same Wednesday, Situational approached firms including Sequoia, Greenoaks, Michael Dell’s family office DFO Management, and New York investment firm XN about buying its Anthropic stake, people familiar with the talks said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“This is great for Nvidia, which needs its customers to have access to capital,” said Jack Ablin, founding partner at the $260 billion family office Cresset, an investor in Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

A spokesperson for Storonsky's family office told the paper the claim was "without merit and will be defended".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026