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3 weeks agoHow inherited wealth could test corporate succession | Fortune
Inherited wealth may reduce ambition for leadership roles in corporate America, impacting the future leadership pipeline.
Around the turn of the 21st century, the U.K. witnessed a dramatic surge in housing prices: the costs rose from four times peoples' annual earnings in 1995, to eight times by 2010. Homeowners subsequently enjoyed a wealth windfall, and it resulted in their kids receiving more housing wealth and higher-paying jobs, according to recent research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Lower-income renters, on the other hand, were faced with new affordability challenges.