Hear from the Wealthy Barber’s dad on why he’s named a corporate executor, instead of family

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This video is part of the Who is your executor? video series created in collaboration between RBC Wealth Management Royal Trust and David Chilton, author of best-selling personal finance guides The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns, and former dragon on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. This series features David Chilton’s dad, Bob Chilton. Leave a legacy, not a burden™

“Appoint the professionals. The people who do this all day, every day and who do it well.”


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