{"id":2954,"date":"2020-08-10T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/the-wealthy-barber-being-an-executor-of-a-will\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:00:18","slug":"the-wealthy-barber-being-an-executor-of-a-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/the-wealthy-barber-being-an-executor-of-a-will","title":{"rendered":"The Wealthy Barber\u2019s dad on being an executor of a Will"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<!-- Start of Brightcove Player -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; min-width: 0px; max-width: 640px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"padding-top: 56%; \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<video-js\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"6302156218001\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-video-id=\"6302156218001\" data-account=\"3187797751001\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"VBE5DE1mC\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-usage=\"cms:WordPress:6.9.4:2.8.8:javascript\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" class=\"video-js\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontrols   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/video-js>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3187797751001\/VBE5DE1mC_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Brightcove Player -->\n\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-disclaimer\">This video is part of the <strong>Who is your executor?<\/strong> video series created in collaboration between <a href=\"\/royal-trust\/\">RBC Wealth Management         Royal Trust<\/a> and David Chilton, author of best-selling personal finance guides <em>The Wealthy         Barber<\/em> and <em>The Wealthy Barber Returns<\/em>, and former dragon on CBC\u2019s <em>Dragons\u2019 Den<\/em>. 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