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Family office profile
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Madison, WIFamily investment companyidentity confidence 75%
Why this class: A family holding enterprise that oversees four portfolio companies (described elsewhere as a library and education supplies company), not an advisory office..
Verified Sep 21, 2026 (2 days ago)
Last observed Sep 21, 2026 · 16 observations · 2 sources
2 people · 0 investments · 0 public positions · 6 events
Each reading is 0 to 100 from the listed components in the evidence section; hover a tile for what it measures. No evidence yet of: direct investing, external managers, private markets, sponsor-friendly, real estate, co-investment.
Overviewshow
Profile completeness 31% (high value, high value shallow; the most valuable missing fact is direct investments)
identityclassificationwealth origincapital-scale evidencepeoplecontactsmandatedirect investmentsfund relationshipsco-investorssponsor relationshipsreal estatepublic holdingsrecent eventsprovenancefreshness
- Classification
- Family investment company
- Description
- ••• Locked
- Headquarters
- Madison, WI
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- unknown
- Website
- unknown
- Year established
- unknown
- Assets under management
- unknown
- Capital scale
- Reported office AUM: unknown. No public number of any kind.
Classification history
- Sep 13, 2026Family investment company 75%A family holding enterprise that oversees four portfolio companies (described elsewhere as a library and education supplies company), not an advisory office.Factverifiedprnewswire.com“••• Locked”
- Sep 12, 2026Single family office (probable) 70%a press release by CEO Coaching International describes it as a single family office (cited)Fact
Family and wealth originshow
- Family served
- unknown
- Source of wealth
- unknown
- Operating company origin
- The office's wealth traces to Demco, the Madison library-and-school supply company that president J••• E• W••• and management bought out in 1978.
Not on the record yet. Family and wealth-origin claims are written only from cited public sources.
Team2 peopleshow
| Person | Title | Responsibility | Business contact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B•••••• W••• family | Chairman / Owner | Family principal · investment decisions | none on record | |
| W•••••• H••• | Chief Executive Officer | Leadership | none on record | wisbusiness.com Fact |
Former
J••• E• W•••, Founder / Chairman Emeritus (historical), until Sep 21, 2026
Investment mandateshow
Stated (their words, cited)
No cited statement of mandate on the record.
Observed (from the investment record)
No investments on the record yet, so nothing is observed.
Inferred (regulatory shape and team)
Nothing to infer from.
- Invests directly
- unknown
- Allocates to managers
- unknown
- Asset classes
- unknown
- Sectors
- unknown
- Geography
- unknown
- Check size
- unknown
Direct investmentsshow
No substantiated direct investment on the record. Absence here is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence.
Fund and manager relationshipsshow
No fund commitment or manager relationship on the record. Commitment amounts are shown only when public.
Public stakes and holdingsshow
Form 13F holdings
No 13F filing on the record for this office.
Real estateshow
No documented real estate ownership link. A property is attributed to an office only through a documented control relationship, never from a surname.
Co-investorsshow
No co-investor on the record.
Independent sponsor relationshipsshow
No cited relationship to an independent sponsor.
Related entitiesshow
Signals and timeline6show
Most significant first: what kind of change it is, its size, whose change it is, and how recent. 6 events. 13F position changes are under Public stakes and holdings.
- Sep 13, 2026Classification changed••• Lockedc•••••••••Factprnewswire.com
- Jun 3, 2026Office discovered••• LockedDiscoveryFactprnewswire.com
- Mar 4, 2022Succession event••• Lockedp•••••Factwisbusiness.com
- Jan 1, 2018Family liquidity event••• LockedwealthFactfblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com
- Jan 1, 2017Succession event••• Lockedp•••••Facten.wikipedia.org
- Jan 1, 2006Family liquidity event••• LockedwealthFactfblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com
Sources and evidence16show
Every observation behind this profile: the value, when it was effective, the source, the quote where there is one, and whether it is a fact, an inference or an estimate. 16 shown.
Score components
Freshness
+100 d••• s•••• t•• n••••• s••••••••• f••• o• a•••••• v••••••••• (1 days)
Contactability
+15 n•••• d••••••••• (W•••••• H••• (Chief Executive Officer))
Data confidence
+10 d•••••••••
+10 p•••••
+10 i••••••••• s•••••• (2 sources)
Active deployment
no components; scored 0
Exists confidence
+20 i••••••••• s•••••• (2 sources)
+30 a•••••••••
Research priority
+15 s••••• f••••• o• f••••• i••••••••• c••••••
+2 n• w•••••• k•••• •••••••• w•••• f••• o•••
+0 r••• (1241)
Mandate confidence
no components; scored 0
Identity confidence
+75 c••••••••• (••• Locked)
Real estate propensity
no components; scored 0
Co investment propensity
no components; scored 0
Family identity confidence
+60 w••••• o••••• o• o•••••••• c•••••• o• t•• r•••••
+20 f••••• p•••••••• o• s••••
Private markets propensity
no components; scored 0
Current activity confidence
+25 a• s••••••••• f••• w••••• 1• m••••• (111 days)
External manager propensity
no components; scored 0
Direct investment propensity
no components; scored 0
Independent sponsor propensity
no components; scored 0
| Fact | Value | Effective | Source | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) en.wikipedia.org | Fact |
| Description | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) wisbusiness.com | Fact |
| Family generation | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) en.wikipedia.org | Fact |
| Family generation | ••• Locked “second-generation owner, together with eight siblings” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) fblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com | Fact |
| Family involvement | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) fblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com | Fact |
| Formation year | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Mar 4, 2022 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) wisbusiness.com | Fact |
| Legal entity | ••• Locked “Parent: W••• F••••• E•••••••••” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) en.wikipedia.org | Fact |
| Liquidity event | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) fblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com | Fact |
| Liquidity event | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) fblw21.familybusinessmagazine.com | Fact |
| Office type (stated) | family_investment_company “••• Locked” | Sep 13, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com | Fact |
| Office type (stated) | single_family_office | Jun 3, 2026 | PR Newswire releases that name a family office (discovery and investment records, quoted) prnewswire.com | Fact |
| Office type (stated) | single_family_office | Jun 3, 2026 | PR Newswire releases that name a family office (discovery and investment records, quoted) prnewswire.com | Fact |
| Office type (stated) | single_family_office | Jun 3, 2026 | PR Newswire releases that name a family office (discovery and investment records, quoted) prnewswire.com | Fact |
| Operating company origin | ••• Locked “••• Locked” | Sep 21, 2026 | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) en.wikipedia.org | Fact |
| Website search | not_found | Sep 16, 2026 | DFX model output (c••••••••• rules, scores, mandates, matches) no URL | Inference |
| Website search | not_found | Sep 14, 2026 | DFX model output (c••••••••• rules, scores, mandates, matches) no URL | Inference |