Meet the private doctor to the wealthy — at $40,000 a year, due to growing demand from an aging class of billionaires and millionaires - eviltoast
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    7 months ago

    “Family offices typically have a goal of preserving wealth,” he said. “Our goal is preserving your health. After the age of 24 you’re a depreciating asset health-wise. So we aim to decrease the slope of the curve for as long as possible.”

    Saying the quiet part out loud.

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      “Our goal is preserving your health. After the age of 24 you’re a depreciating asset health-wise. So we aim to decrease the slope of the curve for as long as possible.”

      That is kind of a depressing way to phrase it, but it’s kind of true from a biology perspective. People’s overall health doesn’t normally peak after that point.

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    Tens or hundreds of millions-aires. No couple with a half million dollar house and $250k each in retirement savings going to have a private doctor.

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      40k is the standard annual subscription for each of his “members”, not his salary. He claims he serves 1000 families and has 135 people in his staff.