I'm a princess running a family office. Here's how I keep royal money alive.

Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar transformed her family's investment vehicle into a formal family office, modernizing centuries-old wealth. Courtesy of Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar

Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar is a member of India's Mewar royal family.

She structured a family office and has been managing it for decades.

Here's how she is preserving and growing her family's multigenerational wealth.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar, a member of India's Mewar royal family who runs her family's multi- family office and the private equity firm she founded, Auctus Fora. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I had this most tremendous privilege of birth. The last official, government-recognized king in India was my grandfather's elder brother, and then after that, the monarchy didn't really exist. It turned into a democracy.

I grew up as most kids would.…