The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer: When Boomers Hand Over to Gen Z, and How It Will Change Capitalism

’A valuable exploration of the topic and a thought-provoking read.’
Financial Times

An insider’s look into how Generation Z’s focus on ethics, climate change and purpose will change capitalism forever.

In the next ten years there will be an unprecedented wealth transfer from the so-called ’baby boomer’ generation to the young. Never before will so much money - in housing, land, stocks and cash - be shifted so suddenly from one generation to the next, and never before does the next generation feel so differently about the future of the planet and of capitalism.

Ken Costa works with this new generation and shows how environmental concerns and anxiety about equality and diversity are more than mere slogans; instead they are driving the future of the markets. So many issues stem from the reality of the financial gap between age groups - from cancel culture and fears about wokeness, to generation rent, protest movements and re-evaluations of history around subjects such as empire. Costa also shows how we can build a more inclusive, purposeful capitalism, which shifts focus away from the individual and more towards collaboration, compassion and community.

For readers of Rebecca Henderson’s Reimagining Capitalism, and Rutger Bregman’s Utopia for Realists, as well as business leaders and tech watchers, this is what the future of capitalism looks like, how our current systems may be upended, and above all how boomers must work with the invigorating and inspiring young, who see their mission not just to increase value for shareholders, but also to save the planet.

Ken Costa is a former chairman of three major global investment institutions, including UBS Investment Bank and he currently runs a global ＄20 billion investment fund focused on millennials. Ken is also the Emeritus Professor of Commerce at Gresham College, the author of four books and is a contributor to the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Times, the Telegraph, and the BBC.