Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Rich people invest different & here’s how you can too. Wealth in Numbers by Max Avery & Jake Claver

18 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube segment, Nick Hutchison reviews the finance book Wealth in Numbers by Max Avery and Jake Claver, describing it as a practical, easy‑to‑follow guide to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). He explains that SPVs are a growing investment structure that lets groups pool capital to acquire assets such as multifamily real estate or small businesses. Hutchison highlights real‑world SPV applications—Bain Capital’s 2002 Burger King purchase and KKR’s Toys R Us acquisition—to illustrate the model’s power. He reflects on his own early syndication experiences, noting that the book would have been valuable then. The review ends with a call‑to‑action encouraging viewers to read the book to learn this “new standard for wealth creation.”

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This is not your average finance book. It's a masterclass in SPVs. Those are special purpose vehicles, and they are taking the investing world by storm. I had a chance to chat with both of the authors, both Max and Jake, about this book. It's called Wealth in Numbers. And what I love about it is that it's extremely simple to follow and understand. For anyone that wants to pool money together with their friends and use that money to invest in a small business, maybe in a piece of multifamily real estate or some other alternative, this is the book to make it happen. And as I was reading it, I was thinking back to my first investments in multifamily, the little syndications I built with a couple of friends, and I wish we had this book back then. Notable real-world examples of SPVs in action include Bain Capital's acquisition of Burger King back in 2002, as well as KKR's acquisition of Toys R Us. These are new, they're hot, they're fun, but they have been around for a little while. If you want to learn about this new standard for wealth creation, SPVs, grab a copy of Wealth in Numbers.