Shaping the way exceptional families pursue fulfillment and equip multiple generations to flourish in addition to managing their resources.
James E. Hughes, Jr. has been advising families for over 5 decades.
James E. “Jay” Hughes, Jr. is a sixth-generation counselor-at-law, now retired, author and co-author of multiple books and influential articles on family governance and wealth preservation. He is renowned for facilitating multigenerational family meetings, with an emphasis on governance issues. Hughes is frequently called on to address international and domestic symposia on helping families to flourish through the growth of their human, intellectual, spiritual, social and financial capital.
Through his pioneering work with families, Hughes has become the leading voice for a more enlightened, expansive approach to family office management and in turn, a mentor to countless family office executives. In 2021, the James E. Hughes, Jr. Foundation was established to honor Jay and the Hughes family lineage through educational programs and funding for advisors who are similarly called to serve families.
As it takes 150 years for a copper beech tree {read a great family} to mature, plant today because there is no time to waste.
— James E. Hughes, Jr.