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Kevin Warsh can credit more than $100 million of his vast fortune to a lucrative regulatory carveout that favors family office executives and investment professionals, family office attorneys told Inside Wealth.
While single-family offices are widely understood to only manage family members’ assets, a little-known exception allows certain employees to invest with the ultra-wealthy families they work for.
Warsh’s recent financial disclosures are putting the carveout on display.
The Federal Reserve chair nominee has two stakes worth at least $50 million each in a vehicle called the Juggernaut Fund, according to the filings. The fund is managed by Duquesne Family Office, the personal investment firm of billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller.
