Comparison · 15 material differences
Business Roundtable vs The CMO Club
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Verified September 2026
Professional association
Verified September 2026 Business Roundtable
Sitting chief executives of large US-headquartered public and private companies
Networking organization
The CMO Club
Chief marketing officers and senior marketing leaders at established brands
What the records say
- Role or title: Business Roundtable: Chief executive officer of a leading US company; The CMO Club: Chief marketing officer or equivalent senior marketing leader.
- Geographic restriction: Business Roundtable: Company must be US-based; The CMO Club: No published geographic restriction.
- Annual dues: Business Roundtable: Not publicly disclosed. Business Roundtable publishes no dues schedule. Its IRS Form 990 for the 2023 tax year reports about $63.4 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $64.5 million, which is consistent with dues funding but does not establish a per-member figure.; The CMO Club: Not publicly disclosed at any stage of the organisation's history..
Side by side
| Business Roundtable | The CMO Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Professional association | Networking organization |
| Founded | 1972 ("Since 1972, Business Roundtable has served as the voice of America's leading CEOs in Washington." The first chair, W.B. Murphy of Campbell Soup, took office in October 1972.) | Not documented |
| Headquarters | Washington, United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States; members lead US-based companies operating across every sector of the economy | At acquisition in 2020, more than 30 global chapters. The successor InspireCMO runs member programmes at chapters across the United States; a current chapter list is not published on the public site. |
| Members | 200as of September 2026 | 650as of March 2020 |
| Chapters | Not publicly disclosed; Business Roundtable has no chapters and operates from a single Washington office | 30 |
| Primary audience | Sitting chief executives of large US-headquartered public and private companies | Chief marketing officers and senior marketing leaders at established brands |
| Typical member | Members are the CEOs of leading US companies, drawn from every sector. Business Roundtable states that member companies support one in four American jobs and almost a quarter of US GDP. The published member list is dominated by S&P 500 constituents. | Members were CMOs and senior marketing leaders at large consumer and business brands. The club's defining rule was that vendors and press were excluded, so members could speak without being sold to or quoted. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Chief executive officer of a leading US company"Business Roundtable members are the CEOs of leading U.S. companies." No revenue, employee-count or index-membership test is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Chief marketing officer or equivalent senior marketing leaderThe historic club and its successor both position membership as CMO-level. No formal written eligibility test is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | Company must be US-based"Business Roundtable CEOs lead U.S.-based companies".verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published geographic restriction |
| Invitation required | Not documented | Not documented |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | No |
| Application process | Business Roundtable does not publish an application process, criteria or invitation mechanism. Its public membership page names no route in and directs visitors to the member list and board. | For the successor InspireCMO: complete an online interest form, speak with the chapter's executive director, then begin attending member programmes. No public application process survives for the original CMO Club. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. Business Roundtable publishes no dues schedule. Its IRS Form 990 for the 2023 tax year reports about $63.4 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $64.5 million, which is consistent with dues funding but does not establish a per-member figure.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed at any stage of the organisation's history.verified September 2026 |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Attached to the individual chief executive; not publicly stated whether membership is renewed annually | Not documented |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | CEO-led policy committee work through the year; quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey | Chapter programmes through the year plus regular virtual strategy calls and peer-led sessions, per the successor organisation |
| Peer forums | Standing CEO-led policy committees rather than confidential peer forums | Member-led chapter circles rather than facilitated closed forums; each community has an assigned executive director |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | The original club's premise was a room without vendors or press. The successor publishes a code of conduct but no forum confidentiality rule |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused | Chapter-based, Event-focused, Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | No | Partial |
| Local chapters | No | Yes |
| Virtual membership | No | Partial |
| Online community | Partial | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Yes |
| Leadership development | No | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | Partial |
| Investment discussions | No | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | Partial | No |
| Networking emphasis | Medium | High |
| Social emphasis | Low | Medium |
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