Blackshire Wealth Management is based right here in Chester County, founded by Henry Supinski, a Kennett Square resident. We serve high-income families across southern Chester County, the Brandywine Valley, and beyond.
Kennett Square has quietly become one of the most desirable addresses in the Philadelphia suburbs. State Street has more going on than towns three times its size, home values across the borough and the surrounding townships have climbed to match, and the financial lives here have real complexity: business owners, professionals at employers like Chatham Financial and Longwood Gardens, and a steady stream of commuters to AstraZeneca, DuPont, and the other Wilmington-area employers just across the line.
Yet most of the financial advice available nearby comes from large wirehouses, where recommendations are shaped by commissions and product quotas. Blackshire is fully independent, fee-only, and fiduciary. We sell no products, earn no commissions, and are paid solely by our clients.
Live in Kennett Square long enough and the question comes up at every dinner table: should we retire across the line? The border is about ten minutes away, and the differences are real. Pennsylvania levies a 4.5 percent inheritance tax on assets passing to children. Delaware has no inheritance tax, no estate tax, and no sales tax, and excludes a portion of retirement income from state tax. Pennsylvania, for its part, generally exempts qualifying retirement income entirely.
Which side of the line wins depends on your income sources, your estate, and how your assets are titled. We built a set of tools around this exact decision. Start with our guide to retiring in Pennsylvania vs. Delaware, see what Delaware does and doesn't tax, and if you decide to move, read how to change your domicile so it holds up in a residency audit. Or run your own numbers with the free calculators in our Retirement Hub.
We coordinate every dimension of your financial life into one disciplined strategy: investment management, tax planning (Roth conversions, IRMAA strategy, tax-loss harvesting), retirement income planning, estate coordination, equity compensation for tech professionals, and business owner planning.
We deliberately limit the number of clients we take on so every family gets the attention this work requires.
Our clients are typically high-income professionals, executives, business owners, and families in or approaching retirement who want real clarity about their income, taxes, and legacy. Most are in the $500K–$5M+ investable asset range, though we focus on complexity and fit over a hard minimum.
Our office is at 1065 Andrew Drive, Suite 2b in West Chester, PA, about twenty minutes from the borough. We work with families across Chadds Ford, Unionville, Longwood, Avondale, Landenberg, Greenville (DE), Centreville (DE), Wilmington, and throughout the United States.
Whether you prefer to meet at our office, over video, or a mix of both, we make it work.
Henry Supinski lives in Kennett Square with his wife Alison, daughters Caroline and Anna, and their dog Junebug. The Supinskis are members at Kennett Square Golf & Country Club and at Longwood Gardens. This is home, not a territory.
Henry founded Blackshire after a decade in tech, including six years at SAP, where he managed his own equity compensation and lived the planning problems his clients now bring him. Before tech, he began his career in wealth management at Wilmington Trust and the Private Bank at J.P. Morgan.
Yes. Our office is at 1065 Andrew Drive in West Chester, about twenty minutes from the borough, and most Kennett Square clients meet us there, over video, or a mix of both. Our founder lives in Kennett Square, so local conversations have a way of happening locally.
Sometimes. Pennsylvania generally exempts qualifying retirement income but levies a 4.5 percent inheritance tax on assets passing to children, while Delaware has no inheritance, estate, or sales tax. The right answer depends on your income mix, your estate, and how your assets are titled, which is exactly the analysis we run for clients on both sides of the line.
Families in or approaching retirement, business owners, and professionals who commute to Wilmington-area employers such as AstraZeneca and DuPont, many with equity compensation to manage. Most clients are in the $500K to $5M+ investable asset range.
Fee-only means we are paid only by our clients, never by commissions on insurance policies, annuities, or investment funds. Our fiduciary obligation requires us to act in your interest at all times, which eliminates the conflicts that exist when an advisor earns more by recommending certain products.
We are fee-only and fiduciary. We are paid only by our clients through an advisory fee. We earn no commissions on any product or transaction. Our only incentive is to give you the best advice possible.
Your first call is 30 minutes. No obligation, no sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to be.
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