FINAL CALL | Family Office Symposium 2025
I hope you're having a great summer. On September 23rd & 24th, 2025, The Family Office Association will be hosting our 11th Annual Single Family Office Symposium at Space Center Houston. We are now finalizing registration for sponsors and guests:
1. Sponsor Opportunities – please click here for more information: Sponsoring (deadline 8/29/25)
2. In-Person Attendance – open to family office executives only: Membership (deadline 8/29/25)
3. Virtual Attendance – open to anyone via the virtual track on our website: Registration (deadline 9/12/25)
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Our annual symposium is an opportunity to hear from leading practitioners on family office and investment related issues and learn about the latest research and ideas in the fields of public and private market investing and family office management. Our goal is to be the highest quality, closed-door event for the global family office community. This year we will be donating profits from our symposium to The Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
The following speaker line up is confirmed: Tim Draper, Jeff Immelt, Kyle Bass, George P. Bush, James Lee, Drew McKnight, William Harris, and Marc J. Sharpe.
Why TFOAs Symposium is Unique
✔️ Speakers are invited to attend based on their expertise, not because they pay for the opportunity.
✔️ Sponsors are aligned philosophically with our long-term relationship and brand building approach. There is no solicitation.
✔️ Attendees are family office executives and principals who actively engage in our single-family office community throughout the year.
✔️ We partner with organizations that align with our commitment to learning and education. Profits from our symposium are donated to charity.
✔️ TFOA is not a commercial organization. Everything we do is designed to ensure a high-quality and high impact experience for our stakeholders.
Note: All programs from prior symposia are available here: Programs
About TFOA
The Family Office Association (TFOA) is a global peer network that serves as the world’s leading single family office community. Our group is for education, networking, selective co-investment, and a resource for single family offices to share ideas, deal flow and best practices. Members are not actively marketing products or services to other members and no contact information or email lists will ever be shared. Since our founding in 2007, TFOA has led the global single family office community by delivering world-class educational content, unique networking opportunities, and exceptional thought leadership to our highly curated network of the world’s largest and wealthiest families. If you'd like to stay in touch on a more frequent basis, please follow us on LinkedIn and X. In the meantime, please check out our free library of family office content.
About The Author
Marc J. Sharpe’s is an experienced investment executive and board member with a distinguished career spanning family office management, private equity, venture capital, and investment banking. Known for his strategic insight, deep expertise in family office governance, and ability to foster innovation and value creation, Mr. Sharpe has built and led investment platforms that deliver sustainable growth while navigating complex financial and operational challenges. His leadership style emphasizes integrity, continuous improvement, and long-term partnerships that generate significant stakeholder value. Mr. Sharpe is the Founder and Chairman of The Family Office Association, a premier global peer network of single-family offices. Since 2007, he has cultivated a community of senior family office executives and principals representing some of the world's wealthiest families, promoting education, shared-best practices, and co-investment opportunities. Under his leadership, TFOA has become a trusted forum for collaboration, market insight, and proprietary investment deal flow on a global scale. He also teaches an MBA class on “The Entrepreneurial Family Office” as an Adjunct Professor at Rice University and Southern Methodist University. Mr. Sharpe holds an M.A. from Cambridge University, an M.Phil. from Oxford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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