Family offices—firms set up to manage investments and often the minutiae of daily life for ultrawealthy clans—are typically shrouded in secrecy. Disclosures filed by Betsy DeVos since her nomination as U.S. education secretary a year ago provide a rare look into one family office and into one of America’s greatest fortunes. 
 
 Roots of the Family Fortune 
 
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– Betsy DeVos has another problem on her hands besides the education of US children. A $40 million yacht owned by the education secretary's family crashed into a dock after it was set adrift from an Ohio marina over the weekend, reports the Toledo Blade. Huron police, who are reviewing surveillance footage in an effort to learn who untied the 163-foot Seaquest before 6am Sunday, cite $5,000 to $10,000 in damage from scrapes. It shouldn't affect any travel plans, though. Per the Wall Street Journal, the boat is one of at least 10 owned by DeVos' family, which also keeps at least four planes and two helicopters.