More than an RSU plan

Built for Gilead families carrying stock and clinical risk.

For Gilead and biotech employees earning $750k and up, your paycheck and your stock ride on the same pipeline. We implement the advanced tax strategies most firms reserve for ultra high net worth families, and write each decision down for your children to read at 18.

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At a glance

  • Single-stock risk reduced steadily
  • Fully-implemented tax strategies
  • Documented for your children to read

The Age Five Family Office is built for high-income families like yours. Every major tax and equity decision is captured in your FamilyKnowledge® Library, so the thinking behind it is there when your children are old enough to read it.

The difference
We manage the stock and the trial risk together, and write it down.

The difference is not the vest schedule. Every advisor knows that. It is that your job and your stock carry the same binary risk, and the Documentation Debt no one else closes: money passed down without the thinking behind it.

Most families

  • Plan the RSU vest and stop there
  • Hold company stock while your career rides the same pipeline
  • Ignore how a trial readout moves your whole balance sheet
  • Treat taxes one year at a time
  • Leave nothing written for the children

Age Five

  • Coordinate the full W-2 tax picture, beyond the vest
  • Reduce the single-stock risk your career already carries
  • Diversify steadily, because a readout cannot be timed
  • Leave your children the reasoning, not just the money
  • Every major decision in your FamilyKnowledge® Library
What we handle
The full scope for a biotech family.

Concentration reduced on a steady plan

Your company stock diversified steadily, because a binary readout is not something anyone can time.

The full W-2 tax picture

Multi-year projections, asset location, and prior-year work, beyond the RSU and ESPP timing.

RSU and ESPP planning

Vest, sell, and ESPP lookback decisions modeled before the tax is triggered.

Mega Backdoor Roth and benefits

The high-earner Roth and your employer benefits used fully, coordinated with your tax plan.

Concentration measured in years

Your single-stock risk shown as years added to financial independence, not only dollars at risk.

A Decision Memo for every major choice

Each major equity decision written as a Decision Memo in your FamilyKnowledge® Library.

How it works
Three steps every year.
1

Map

We map your company stock, your RSU and ESPP schedule, and how much of your life already rides on one pipeline.

2

Coordinate

We plan the diversification and the tax across years, on a steady schedule you can hold to.

3

Document

We write each major decision for your children and keep the record current.

How we compare
How the Age Five Family Office compares.

What each service model typically includes. These describe general service models, not specific firms.

  A typical
RSU advisor
A typical
family office
Age Five
Family Office
The full W-2 tax picture, beyond RSU and ESPP iMulti-year projections, asset location, and prior-year work, coordinated by our CPAs and tax team.
Fully-implemented tax strategies iThe most advanced, fully-implemented tax strategies are usually reserved for ultra high net worth families. We bring that depth to families with young children.
RSU and ESPP planning
Built for families before $50M in net worth
Age Five Wealth Education for your children
A documented FamilyKnowledge® Library your children can read
Question 1 of 3

How much do you expect to pay in taxes this year?

Include federal, state, and local, just your best estimate.

A Under $150,000
B $150,000 – $199,999
C $200,000 – $299,999
D $300,000+
Question 2 of 3

What is your current annual household income?

Your typical annual income before taxes over the next few years.

A Under $750,000
B $750,000 – $999,999
C $1,000,000 – $2,999,999
D $3,000,000+
Question 3 of 3

Where does most of your income come from?

Choose all that apply. Focus on where ~80% of your income is taxed today.

W-2 employee (salary, bonus, RSUs)
Business owner (LLC, S-Corp, partnership)
Rental / real estate
Other
Your fit

Full assessment · 1 of 5

What does your current CPA relationship look like?

Be honest. This is where most of the opportunity hides.

A Tax preparation once a year
B Planning & preparation throughout the year
C I don't currently work with a CPA
Full assessment · 2 of 5

Have you ever had formal tax projections done?

Forward-looking modeling of your taxes, not just filing last year's return.

A Yes, recently
B Yes, but not in the last 2 years
C No
Full assessment · 3 of 5

Which strategies are you already using?

Choose all that apply.

401(k) / employer plan
Backdoor Roth IRA
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Mega Backdoor Roth 401(k)
Deferred Compensation
Donor-Advised Fund
None of these
Full assessment · 4 of 5

Do you have children under 18?

This opens up family-governance and generational planning strategies.

A Yes
B No
Full assessment · 5 of 5

If we showed you legal strategies that save more than they cost, would you act?

No pressure, this just helps us tailor your results.

A Yes, if the value is clear
B Maybe, I'd want to understand more
C Not right now
Almost done

Where should we send your full results?

We'll prepare your personalized savings breakdown and reach out to walk you through it.

Your information is private. Reviewed by an SEC-Registered Fiduciary (Bright Advisers, a DBA of Lifeworks Advisors, LLC · CRD# 288255).
Your results

estimated potential tax savings

    Kevin Luu

    "Thank you for taking the time. I've helped hundreds of high-earning families keep more of what they make, and from what you shared, I'm confident there's real opportunity here. I'll personally see you at our meeting."

    Kevin Luu · Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer, Bright Advisers