Family Office Podcast: Billionaire & Centimillionaire Interviews & Investor Club Insights 15 Strategies to Build a Strategic Multi-Country Single Family Office | Joel Nagel
What does it really take to build and protect a globally diversified single family office across multiple countries, industries, and generations?
In this powerful fireside chat, international tax and corporate lawyer Joel Nagel shares the 15 core strategies behind building a strategic, multi-country single family office platform spanning banking, insurance, real estate development, hospitality, timber, professional sports, and international trusts.
With over 36 years of experience advising high net worth and ultra high net worth families across 40+ countries, Joel reveals how disciplined structure, asset protection, and strategic focus have helped clients avoid losses for decades — while quietly building significant global assets of his own.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
• How to structure international trusts, foundations, and asset protection frameworks
• Why “defense” matters more than chasing returns
• The power of staying in your lane — and saying no
• How to build a global strategic platform of complementary businesses
• The mindset difference between $10M families and $100M+ families
• Using Bitcoin as a financial tool (not just an investment)
• Structuring offshore banks and financial institutions
• Buying undervalued global real estate with downside protection
• Risk mitigation strategies in emerging markets
• How to think long-term about generational wealth
Joel also shares real case studies — from launching a European professional football league to building a Marriott hotel in Belize using crypto-backed financing.
If you’re a founder, family office executive, UHNW advisor, or investor building international structures, this conversation delivers practical insights on protecting wealth, structuring globally, and scaling strategically across borders.
Because as Joel puts it: it’s not what you make — it’s what you keep.