What is a family office actually for? In this episode of Wealth Office, Michael Macfarlane sits down with Elaine Chow, Managing Partner of Trinity Capital, her family’s Hong Kong–based single family office, to explore how she built an institution designed not merely to preserve wealth - but to steward it.

Elaine’s journey began not with a textbook definition of a family office, but with a moment of transition. When her brother chose to exit the family business, she created a structure capable of managing capital with discipline, independence and long-term purpose.

What emerged was more than an investment vehicle. It became a platform blending real estate, selective technology exposure, intergenerational education and philanthropy - anchored in a conviction that wealth is a responsibility, not an entitlement

The conversation s ...