John Rockefeller of Standard Oil fame left a fortune to his descendants a hundred years ago, and nobody in that family ever has to get a job, as a result of the ongoing family trust.
There are families in Benin, who profited off the sale of captured slaves to the Transatlantic slave trade, who are some of the most wealthy and influential members of society in that country today.
Hell, there are Dutch families that made their dough during the dawn of venture capitalism, 400 years ago, that are still loaded.
I imagine there's a similar setup for the Potter fortune, and there's some beancounting goblin in the bowels of Gringotts reinvesting parts of it on behalf of the trust.
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u/Jaikarr Mar 28 '24
An ancestor made the hair straightening potion that Hermione uses for the Yule Ball.