Ascendants

Parker Samelson
  • 5.0 (13)
  • BUSINESS

Welcome to Ascendants. This podcast features descendants of successful families who are ascending into their own identities and impact. Our guests share how they came to terms with and eventually took stewardship of their family legacy.

  1. 01/11/2024

    S3E5: Chris Kaspar

    Chris Kaspar is the founder of Techless and creator of Wisephone, a minimalist phone for families and digital minimalists. Before starting a variety of different start ups Chris worked with his family company, Kaspar Companies.  Kaspar Companies is a diversified 5th generation family business founded by his great-great grandfather in 1898.

    38 min

  2. 01/10/2024

    S3E4: Claiborne Haw

    Claiborne Haw is currently working with Blue Trust as a family legacy advisor in Atlanta, Georgia. Claiborne’s family has been stewarding a multi generational rock aggregate mining and production company.

    41 min

  3. 01/10/2024

    S3E3: Tom Lernihan

    Tom Lernihan is the chief investor for His Fund, a family owned faith driven fund that strategically invests to generates employment opportunities for those in poverty while addressing the world’s greatest social concerns.  Tom and his family are some of the most prominent leaders in the faith driven investing space, and are commonly referred to as thought leaders.

    40 min

  4. 01/10/2024

    S3E2: Ian Strommen

    Ian Strommen is a 4th generation member of his family business, Process Displays.  Process Displays is a retail displays designer and manufacturer working with many of the largest brands in the world. Ian is currently the director of research and development where he focuses on where is focuses on driving the future of the retail experience.  Ian recently married Leigha Coors and they live together in Minnesota.

    37 min

  5. 01/10/2024

    S3E1: Hank Bowen

    Hank Bowen works on the investor relations team at Sovereigns Capital, a faith driven asset management firm operating across private equity, venture capital, real estate, public markets, and fund of funds. Hank lives in Franklin Tennessee with his wife and two kids.

    40 min

  6. 05/16/2022

    S2E5: Rose Shoen

    Today we welcome Rose Shoen: granddaughter of the founder of U-Haul, soccer coach, and accomplished athlete. She has devoted much of her life to the question, “How do we provide access to soccer at any income level?” Discover her three t’s and how they inform her coaching business, how she translated her experience working for her family to coaching Spanish-speaking kids’ soccer, and her advocation of “sustainable philanthropy” through the combination of “public” resources and “private” knowledge.

    32 min

  7. 05/16/2022

    S2E4: Caleb Tannehill

    This week’s guest is Caleb Tannehill. Caleb, a Gen-5, openly shares his family history dating back to the late nineteenth century and his mission to develop multi-generational family cohesion. Discover his efforts to engage his family 365 days a year, what he tells quarrelling family members, and how he strives to prevent family issues from becoming corporate issues with a “family constitution.”

    37 min

  8. 05/16/2022

    S2E3: Logan Angel

    Second-generation philanthropist Logan Angel joins Kate and Parker today to discuss a value near and dear to her heart: generosity. Discover how she became inspired to make her family’s foundation her life’s work, how she handled her family’s transition to wealth, and how she stepped out of fear and isolation to embrace her identity.

    24 min
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About

Welcome to Ascendants. This podcast features descendants of successful families who are ascending into their own identities and impact. Our guests share how they came to terms with and eventually took stewardship of their family legacy.

Information

  • Creator
    Parker Samelson
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Parker Samelson
  • Show Website
    Ascendants