Q&A: Johann Kurtz on reconnecting wealth, vision, and ambition (Re-release)
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Johann Kurtz discusses the disconnection between wealth and ambition, and strategies for reactivating patronage relationships.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blog.exitgroup.us (Note: We posted this recording last week in error and withdrew it. This is a re-release to ensure that subscribers receive a working link in their inbox.) Johann Kurtz is the author of Leaving a Legacy and the Becoming Noble Substack. His work, like EXIT’s, is the restoration of the multigenerational family as a sovereign institution — a Great House. He has left his tech job in London and relocated to Romania to write and consult for high-net-worth families full-time. In this Q&A, we discuss: * Johann’s relocation to Romania, and Eastern Europe as a place to build * How his experience in the elite tech world colors his new project * Why there seems to be so little imagination and ambition among the wealthy * Categories of patronage that are still alive in high-net-worth circles * Strategies that have worked in reactivating patronage relationships The West is in the political and cultural doldrums because wealth has become totally decoupled from vision and ambition . The skills, temperament, and worldview that create great wealth seem almost anticorrelated with the will to change the world. As the…
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