Family offices face generational divide over investment strategy
Obediah Ayton, founder of Family Office Summit, says tensions mount when kids want to put dad’s hard-won millions into gaming startups

Obediah Ayton, Founder of Dhabi Holding Co. (center-right), speaks on a panel at the Family Office Summit Dubai. (Family Office Summit)
Family businesses are the foundation of wealth in the Gulf. Problems crop up when children and grandchildren have different ideas from the founders on how to invest the fortunes they generate.
That’s what motivated Obediah Ayton, Founder of his...