HFO roots go back to our forefather John William Mackay, the Irish-American Industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, John William became one of the richest Americans in his time, due to his investments and ownership of of the largest silver mines in the world and his ownership in the stock brokerage called Flood and O’Brien Better known as the Bonanza Kings or Silver Kings that owned one of the largest silver mines in the world at the Comstock Lode in Nevada.
He also headed a telegraph business that laid the second cable across the Atlantic Ocean and the first cable across the Pacific Ocean connecting a cable line from San Francisco to Manila, Philippines and all the way to Shanghai, China. to challenge the monopoly of the Western Union Telegraph Company. He also owned the Bank of Nevada, conquered the North American telegraph business with the Postal Telegraph Company and helped to finance the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The silver mines would pay out $181 billion in current dollars, with Mackay’s portion being about $50 billion.
The Mackay System currently makes up a large portion of ITT and Western Union that the company merged into. John William was famous for fair dealings with his employees, and gave generously to the charities of the Roman Catholic Church, he University of Nevada and many others.
About HFO
Reinvent the Way You Experience Wealth. Private wealth management, goals-based financial planning, private investment access, tax strategy, estate planning, liquidity and exit planning, trust services, private banking, philanthropic planning, family governance, and lifestyle concierge. All in One.
Based on a 150+ year history of experience in dealing with celebrity entertainment and UHNW celebrity family office services, HFO aims to be a pioneer in Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) and celebrity / UHNW family office services space, primarily for clients in media production/distribution, but also offering discerning global UHNW families and clients the pampering offered to celebrity Hollywood entertainment celebrity elites and UHNW families of Beverly Hills and beyond. Everything from VIP invitations to the Academy Awards and other major film festivals and sports and entertainment red carpet events, to offering access to exclusive business clubs in most major cities across the globe, to bespoke travel services, to yacht, airplane and luxury and antique automobile repairs, management, acquisitions and rentals, to helping to build and to manage high end art collections, to helping to handle unique family legal, college admissions, personal, corporate and family branding and legacy promotional content production services and other services, will be arranged and offered by some of the best service providers in the business that currently service discerning UHNW clients in Hollywood and beyond.
In addition, we will also offer services specifically designed for entrepreneurs and doers, across all industries and global locations, with a special flavor of making it multi local and multi industry targeted.
We want to replicate Single Family Office service experiences for family offices and foundations using latest asset allocation protocols, a superior support mechanism, and innovative liquid investment programs. Additionally, we will create and monetize offshore tax-aware structures suited for asset protection in the event of an adverse judgement in almost all legal jurisdictions.
Global Business Clubs & Activities
Club 51 is the premier VIP Members Only Business Club With a Latin Flavor focused on the UHNW market, that currently represents over 600+ member families and is quickly growing and expanding its locations across the globe. Started on the 51st floor of The Torre Mayor (literally “Major Tower”) one of the tallest and the most prestigious skyscraper in Mexico City with a height of 225 meters (738 feet) to the top floor and 55 stories, it is one of the tallest building in Latin America and is one of the strongest buildings on Earth in terms of earthquake resistance, being designed to withstand earthquakes measuring 8.5 on the Richter Scale. Club 51 is currently opening new venues in Miami and Madrid and is planning to expand into New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Beijing, Mumbai, Shanghai, New Delhi, San Francisco, Tokyo, Washington DC, Chicago, Munich, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Prague, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, Toronto, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Boston, San Jose, São Paulo and a number of other global hubs bringing VIP member services and connecting the Latin American, the US Latino and the Spanish and Portuguese speaking UHNW and investor communities and businesses to the rest of the globe.
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Global Platform
Hollywood Family Office is a is part of a global collaborative platform on investments & philanthropies by/for UHNW individuals, celebrities, family offices, institutional investors and thought leaders in Hollywood and beyond.
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Principles of Service Excellence
Entrepreneurship in our DNA ❖ Cultural, Industry, and Affinity Awareness ❖ CIO Mindset with Capability and Accountability ❖ Open Architecture with a Hub & Spoke Structure ❖ High Capacity Middle & Back Office frees Local Relationship Managers for High Touch Service
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Bespoke Allocation Protocol
We embrace total wealth for legacy of an Entrepreneur and Doer. ❖ PPLI structure allows high flexibility in underlying assets, including real assets, arts & wine. ❖ We will deploy a bespoke “Core-Satellite” protocol developed in-house that minimizes risk and emphasizes capital preservation. ❖ For our Core, we will use our proprietary IP that monetizes…