Geodesia

The great wealth of one man is not broken up in his will. It all goes to a single heir--as long as the sole heir agrees to do the same. A wealth chain grows and compounds only to single heirs forever after. Imagine if a group of men had all decided to do the same--each wealth chain insuring the other chains never divide the assets for generations. How would they touch the world? How far ahead would they be in technology by now? What would they want? What would they do? What couldn't they do...