Wealth Holder Stories
Taking a gamble on impact. Nick Marple on luck and letting wealth go
“We don’t need a legacy going on for 100 years and being in our name. We just want to give the money away.” – Nick Marple, Gower Street charitable trust. Nick speaks to us about how a career in gambling shaped his unconventional approach to giving, grounded in speed, trust, and a sense of luck.…
Read MoreBecoming a good ancestor with Giorgiana Notarbartolo
“I’ve been on a journey of seeing, accepting and embracing how this privilege came with externalisation of social and environmental costs.” – Giorgiana Notarbartolo talks to us about her journey through wealth inheritance, impact investment, and strategic philanthropy. Griorgiana’s journey Around 10 years ago, Giorgiana realised that the biggest impact she could have on the…
Read MoreChuck Collins on the need for connection amid Trump’s chaos
“Wealth is a disconnection drug. It separates people,” says Chuck Collins – author, scholar and campaigner who for 40 years has focused on fighting economic inequality. “The antidote,” Chuck goes on, “is connection. It’s to be part of things.” And if anyone would know, it’s Chuck. In 1985, at the age of just 26, he…
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