The National Disinfectant Company storefront at 129, photographed around 1918, with four members of staff standing on the step.
1918

1918 Capital Roots from 1918

A family investment office, stewarding capital across generations.

Private · Long Horizon · Owner-Aligned

Our Mission

To preserve and grow our family’s capital across generations through disciplined investing, patient ownership, and the responsible stewardship of what those before us built.

Our purpose is not simply to compound capital, but to ensure that each generation leaves the family stronger, more capable, and better positioned than it found it.

Our Advantage Is Time

Most investors measure performance in quarters or years. We have the ability to think in generations.

That changes how we invest.

We can hold exceptional businesses through temporary uncertainty, allow good decisions time to compound, remain patient when opportunities are scarce, and act decisively when they appear.

Time does not eliminate risk. But used with discipline, it is one of the few enduring advantages an investor can possess.

Capital held by a family should be managed the way the family itself endures — patiently, and for longer than any one of us.