Rajmohan Krishnan

For much of my career, I’ve worked closely with people who build businesses, institutions, and families.

Over the last 30+ years, I’ve had the privilege of advising entrepreneurs and business families as they navigate growth, transition, and long-term wealth creation. Along the way, one thing has become very clear to me: capital is never just financial. It carries values, expectations, behaviour, and consequences that play out over decades, sometimes generations.

I am the Principal Founder & Managing Director of Entrust Family Office, where we partner with families to design thoughtful, long-term approaches to wealth. Our work spans governance, investments, succession, and decision-making, but the intent is always the same: to help families build structures that endure through time, change, and complexity. We are not focused on chasing returns; we are focused on continuity.

Much of my thinking on wealth is shaped by an Indian civilisational perspective, one that views wealth not as something to be endlessly maximised, but as something to be held responsibly, deployed thoughtfully, and passed on with clarity. In this worldview, wealth is inseparable from duty, to family, to enterprise, and to society. Through my work, I try to translate this philosophy into modern family office frameworks that are globally relevant, while remaining deeply grounded.

Before founding Entrust, I held senior leadership roles at Kotak Mahindra Bank, with P&L responsibility across regions and leadership of large private banking teams. Those years gave me a front-row view into how wealth decisions are made, and, over time, where they often go wrong when short-term thinking overtakes long-term judgment.

I am the author of Wise Wealth, and I regularly write and speak about family offices, patient capital, and the importance of founder–investor alignment. As India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem matures, I believe family office capital will play an increasingly important role, not as a replacement for venture capital, but as a strategic complement for founders building durable, capital-efficient businesses.

My writing and interests focus on:

• Family wealth and long-term stewardship • Patient, long-horizon capital • Governance and succession planning • Founder–investor alignment

I believe wealth should be built with intention, managed with discipline, and passed on with clarity. And that the most enduring wealth decisions are often the quiet ones.