Why does running the family business feel so isolating?

Kris Kluver, in The Dysfunctional Family Office, calls this Lonely at the Top. Whoever runs the family business, whether the founder or the next generation CEO, sits in a seat where the buck stops with them and the people around them can't carry the weight. You can't dump the daily pressure on your team because you're their leader. You can't always dump it on your family because they're your stakeholders. You can't push through alone because that's how people burn out. The seat is structurally isolating. Most leaders who haven't named this assume something is wrong with them. The pattern is universal among UHNW family business leaders, and acknowledging it is the first step toward addressing it. The fix is finding your tribe, a confidential trusted group outside the family and outside the business who understand the seat.