• Hit show Succession features family power struggle to take over a media empire
• Now a course at Cambridge University aims to help heirs of real-life tycoons 
• The course, priced at £12K, aims to produce world leaders and chief executives 

By Sam Merriman For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 19:27 EDT, 23 September 2023 | Updated: 08:53 EDT, 24 September 2023

In the hit US TV series Succession, the fiercely ambitious children of multi-billionaire Logan Roy are constantly vying for control of their father’s vast media dynasty.

The power plays of his hapless offspring rarely go to plan – but for the heirs of real tycoons, the path to their inheritance could be smoothed by a new Cambridge course.

The university – which is ranked third highest globally – is offering the Multi-Generational Leadership Programme designed to ‘equip the world’s most influential families to shape the 21st Century’.

Working-class students need not apply for tuition in ‘multi-generational leadership’ for ‘highly influential families across the world’, which aims to produce world leaders and chief executives.

The prospectus warns that multi-generational wealth ‘can be destructive’ and ‘family continuity can be undermined without adequate preparation for succession’.

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