A New Vision for the
Dawson Family

Following a brief stint as a computer sciences professor at a Boston-area university, Kevin Dawson started his own data analytics company in Greenwich, Connecticut. Ten years later, the business had grown considerably, and several private equity firms convinced Kevin to sell most of his business to them. His wealth was now in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

Kevin and his wife Christy were caught off guard by their sudden wealth. They didn't come from money – their parents were solidly middle-class white-collar professionals who valued education, personal responsibility, and family life.

 

Kevin's wealth creation put the family on a different path. It changed their lifestyle – estate in Greenwich, a prestigious private school for his 16-year-old twins, and the freedom for his wife to focus more on the business she started two years earlier.

 

Everyone in the family was in a good place, but something bothered Kevin. He worried about how the wealth he had created would affect the boys. Talking to friends and colleagues who were also wealthy, he realized he wasn't alone in his concerns.

 

Kevin and Christy agreed they needed to help the boys find their paths in life without the money destroying their will to pursue what they wanted for themselves. Like many of their friends, they believed it might be best to give their fortune to charity rather than risk the adverse effects that inheriting substantial wealth might have on the boys.

 

The Dawsons met with their family attorney to discuss their concerns and ideas. 

 

Their attorney asked whether they had ever considered their wealth a force for good and what they wanted most for their sons. 

 

The Dawsons hadn't thought the money could be positive, and they knew exactly what they wanted for their boys – to be happy and have meaningful and productive careers. 

 

Their attorney was able to help the Dawsons realize an important concept – money itself isn't destructive. 

 

 

The Clariata Process Helps Create 'A Vision of Fulfillment'

 

The Dawsons' attorney introduced them to Clariata. The process showed them how their wealth could be used to pursue what mattered most to them. The Dawsons also gained clarity on what they wanted for their family. The money itself became less of a worry. Now, their focus was more on helping their sons follow their dreams.

 

The Clariata process also gave them the tools to educate their sons to be stewards of the family's wealth. 

 

Through the Clariata process, Kevin and Christy learned their sons were interested in working with mentally disabled children. 

 

In the ensuing year, as Kevin and Christy encouraged the boys to dream about things they wanted to do, they both talked about wanting to start their own camp for children with special needs. 

 

The whole family went to work on this dream and now has their first camp operating and making a big difference in the lives of many families who have children with special needs.

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