John Jennings; Life lessons learned from managing the money of millionaires.

John Jennings is a Renaissance man. As president and chief strategist of the Saint Louis Trust company his 50 person office manages the wealth of 60 families, whose wealth numbers in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Vance Crowe and John Jennings talk about the challenges the ultra wealthy face, books, art, dreams and a different way to build a reporting structure in a company. Chapters: 00:00 Start 3:43 Beginning 5:28 You have to want liberty 9:50 How does population density change culture? 15:43 The elephant and the writer 24:33 The artificial 'click' of Marijuana 37:15 The Power of Art 42:50 Erik Hoel's 'Enter the Supersensorium' 49:40 John describes the St. Louis Trust Company 51:18 How bureaucracy kills companies 1:01:26 How John Jennings defines success 1:12:40 The importance of relevancy in content 1:14:50 Mimetic desire 1:21:30 How can anyone create legacy? 1:24:40 #ATCF Book Club Podcast Website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: YouTube Full Episodes: YouTube Clips: Buy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — ABOUT THE VANCE CROWE PODCAST — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories