The super-rich will take successive courses at Cambridge as university offers new course to ‘equip the world’s most influential families to shape the 21st century’
- Hit show Succession features the family power struggle to take control of a media empire
- Now a Cambridge University course aims to help the heirs of real tycoons
- The course, priced at £12,000, aims to develop global executives and business leaders.
In the hit American television series Succession, the fiercely ambitious children of multi-billionaire Logan Roy constantly battle for control of their father’s vast media dynasty.
His hapless offspring’s power plays rarely go as planned – but for the heirs of real tycoons, the path to their inheritance could be made easier by a new course at Cambridge.
The university – ranked third in the world – offers a program designed to “equip the world’s most influential families to shape the 21st century”.
Working-class students do not need to apply for “multi-generational leadership” courses aimed at “highly influential families around the world”, which aim to develop global leaders and business leaders.
The prospectus warns that multigenerational wealth “can be destructive” and that “family continuity can be compromised without adequate preparation for succession.”
In the hit American television series Succession, the fiercely ambitious children of multi-billionaire Logan Roy constantly battle for control of their father’s vast media dynasty. Pictured: Shiv Roy, played by Sarah Snook in the series
In the hit American television series Succession, the fiercely ambitious children of multi-billionaire Logan Roy constantly battle for control of their father’s vast media dynasty. Now a Cambridge University course aims to help the heirs of real tycoons
He advises influential families to learn how to preserve and increase their wealth and power over future generations.
In the HBO drama Succession – created by British screenwriter Jesse Armstrong – Roy’s ailing children – Connor, Kendall, Roman and Shiv – fight to take over his company, Waystar Royco.
But their bad decisions and selfishness cause them to lose control after the death of their ruthless patriarch, played by Emmy winner Brian Cox.
It comes as 92-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced last week that he was stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp, leaving his son Lachlan in charge.
The six-month course at Cambridge costs £12,075 – far more than the £9,250-a-year undergraduate fee – for 45 hours of learning and networking “gala dinners”.
Applicants are subject to “rigorous vetting”.
The six-month course at Cambridge costs £12,075 – far more than the £9,250-a-year undergraduate fee – for 45 hours of learning and networking “gala dinners”.
The prospectus states: “Understanding the personal horizons and balancing the different perspectives of wealth creators and heirs and finding pathways to “regenerative” leadership that embraces the strengths and ambitions of different generations is fundamental to ensuring that families and their capital (human, social and financial) evolve and prosper.
Cambridge said it was “an executive education course, run by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and aimed at families, rather than individuals, who have the potential to drive lasting change in this level “.
