Most advice in the UHNW world is polite. It protects the relationship at the expense of the truth. That is why some studies suggest up to 70% of generational wealth transitions fail. Not from lack of good advisors. From lack of candor.
My work starts where politeness ends. I ask the questions nobody else will ask. I name the patterns nobody else will name. And I share what I learn so that leaders and families who will never be my clients can still benefit from the insight.
Everything I write, speak about, and publish comes from real engagements. Not theory. Not frameworks invented in a conference room. Patterns observed across 35+ years and hundreds of companies and families. The stories are composites. The lessons are exact.
Why some studies suggest up to 70% of generational wealth transitions fail, and what the thirty percent who thrive do differently. The foundational text behind The Thirty Advisors. Follows the Mitchell family through the arc of a full family engagement.
For individuals and couples in transition. A recent exit, an empty nest, a health scare, a reinvention. Frameworks for designing an extraordinary life of intention after the first chapter ends.
The start-up bible for individuals exploring, vetting, and launching their own solo business.
Three more books are in development, including The Retreat, a companion volume to The Dysfunctional Family Office that takes the reader inside the full facilitated retreat experience.
Scaling businesses. Crafting disruptive strategies. Living life on your terms… I’m here to deliver impactful messages that motivate and transform.
Speaking Topics
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The Dysfunctional Family Office: Why the 70% Fail and What the 30% Do Differently
The signature talk. Draws from the book and hundreds of family engagements. Not investments. Communication. Trust. Readiness. Audiences see their own family in the story.
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The Founder's Bottleneck: Why the Thing That Got You Here Is Holding You Back
Every founder reaches a ceiling that is them. How to identify when you have become the constraint, the Elevate and Delegate framework, and building the leadership architecture that lets the organization move without you.
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Building the Team That Does Not Need You: Accountability Architecture for Scale
Decision-making velocity, clear accountability, and execution at the pace the market demands. Real engagements across aerospace, pharma, crypto, and technology.
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Rising Generation: Preparing the Next Generation Before the Weight Arrives
Identity, purpose, stewardship, and the developmental pathway that builds readiness. Based on the 22 behavioral archetypes and hundreds of rising gen interviews.
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The Equity Advisor: Why the Best Advisory Relationships Are Built on Shared Outcomes
The intellectual capital model. What changes when your advisor's success is structurally tied to yours. How K.I.C. works and why the traditional advisory model is broken.
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Be Unreasonable: What Extraordinary Leaders Do That Ordinary Leaders Will Not
The keynote. The Shackleton story. The personal story. The call to stop tolerating mediocrity and build the extraordinary life and enterprise you are capable of.
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The Silence at Your Dinner Table
For UHNW families and the advisors who serve them. The patriarch who will not let go. The sibling who checked out. The spouse nobody asked. The rising gen member performing readiness with no idea who they are.
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Success Beyond Transition: Building What Comes Next
For leaders navigating the chapter after the exit, the retirement, the empty nest, or the health scare. Balance Wheel methodology. Designed for bank client events, wealth management firms, and peer groups.
Media Features
The Trusted Voice for Extraordinary Leaders, Businesses, and Events That Demand Fearless Innovation and Unreasonable Success.
Kris has spoken on stages in North America and Europe including the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Conference, York University, the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit, and Exodus Movement company events. He speaks regularly at private banks, family office gatherings, wealth management conferences, and curated peer dinners.
He is a regular source for media commentary on leadership, family enterprise dynamics, and generational wealth.
Kris has graced the Stages OF
ENT. College Global Conference
A 12-month, virtual speaker series hosted in partnership with leading private banks and wealth management firms. Each session delivers institutional-quality insight to the firm’s most valued clients. Topics span enterprise scaling, generational wealth transition, rising generation challenges, and life design after transition.
The series is designed as a client-retention and relationship-deepening tool for the host institution. Confidential evening gatherings of up to 16 people. No pitch. Pure value. Content from each session is published to TheThirty.org community.
I’m here to inspire the extraordinary in your audience, whether on stage, in podcasts, or in boardrooms.
Kris Kluver is the Founder of The Thirty Advisors, a boutique UHNW family advisory firm, and the architect behind Kluver Capital (K.I.C.), an intellectual capital investment portfolio. Over 35+ years, he has guided hundreds of founders, CEOs, and multigenerational families through the highest-stakes transitions in business and life. He has taken four entrepreneurial companies to nearly $1 billion in market capitalization and played a pivotal role in the largest Reg A offerings in history. He is the author of The Dysfunctional Family Office, Life on Your Terms, and The Aspiring Solopreneur. Fifth-generation family business member. Operates from Leadville, Colorado. Harvard Business School. Wharton. York University Fellow. Certified Exit Advisor.
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