About the Author

Living with wealth, managing its complexities, using it to advance worthy causes, and perpetuating his family’s legacy are all topics Stuart E. Lucas knows a great deal about. For over 30 years, he’s lived a double life, both as a member of one of America’s wealthy families and as a senior executive in prestigious wealth management and investment firms.

Lucas is a fourth-generation heir of E.A. Stuart, founder of the Carnation Company, best known as the maker of such all-American food products as Carnation evaporated milk, Friskies pet food, Coffee-Mate non-dairy creamer, and Contadina food products. In 1985, the Stuart family sold Carnation to Nestlé, the Swiss-based global food giant.

Today, Lucas takes an active role in managing ...

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