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Brian Smith
In PWD coverage since September 21, 2026 · 1 story
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The Close
A retiree's eight-account Anthropic trade is a wager on wrapper terms
Brian Smith's plan to put 30% of his net worth into pre-IPO Anthropic through eight brokerage accounts shows what the private-markets on-ramp sells — and what it leaves the client to figure out alone.