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Vistage Australia and New Zealand vs YPO
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Verified September 2026
Peer advisory
Verified September 2026 Vistage Australia and New Zealand
CEOs, business owners, founders and senior executives with decision-making authority in established mid-sized or growing businesses in Australia and New Zealand
Peer advisory
YPO
Chief executives who joined before their 45th birthday and lead companies that meet YPO's published employee and revenue tests.
What the records say
- Maximum age at joining: Vistage Australia and New Zealand: No published maximum age at joining; YPO: Under 45 years old at acceptance.
- Role or title: Vistage Australia and New Zealand: CEO, business owner, founder or executive with decision-making authority; YPO: President, CEO or Chairperson of the Board (or equivalent), and top operational leader of the company or division.
- Minimum company revenue: Vistage Australia and New Zealand: No published minimum company revenue; YPO: USD 16,000,000+ revenue for sales, service and manufacturing companies.
- Minimum employees: Vistage Australia and New Zealand: No published minimum employees; YPO: 50+ full-time employees, or 15+ full-time employees with at least USD 2,750,000 annual employee compensation.
- Annual dues: Vistage Australia and New Zealand: Not publicly disclosed. Vistage Australia publishes no price and routes enquiries to a member advisor.; YPO: $4,790 a year.
Side by side
| Vistage Australia and New Zealand | YPO | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Peer advisory | Peer advisory |
| Founded | 1986 ("In 1986, Dr. Phil Meddings founded TEC Australia in Sydney" per Vistage's March 2024 acquisition release. The underlying TEC format dates to 1957 in Milwaukee.) | 1950 (Founded by Ray Hickok, then 27 and running his family's manufacturing business in Rochester, New York; the first meeting was held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.) |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia | Irving, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Australia and New Zealand: groups in Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland and Christchurch | Organised into 14 regions; members in more than 142 countries |
| Members | 1,000as of March 2024 | 38,000as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | 10 | 450 |
| Primary audience | CEOs, business owners, founders and senior executives with decision-making authority in established mid-sized or growing businesses in Australia and New Zealand | Chief executives who joined before their 45th birthday and lead companies that meet YPO's published employee and revenue tests. |
| Typical member | Members are chief executives, owners and senior executives of small and midsize companies. Vistage says the model is designed for leaders managing complexity rather than early-stage start-ups, and that placement weighs leadership role, business size and industry mix. | Members are the top operating executive of their company or division, with full profit-and-loss accountability and hire/fire authority. Qualifying companies are mid-market and larger: at least 50 full-time employees, or 15 employees plus USD 2.75 million of annual employee compensation, with revenue tests from USD 13 million upward depending on business type. |
| Qualification | ||
| Maximum age at joining | No published maximum age at joining | Under 45 years old at acceptanceMembers who reach the age limit transition to YPO Gold; a YPO membership-renewal FAQ document states members over 45 with at least 10 years of membership may remain, and that from 1 July 2018 members could early-transition to Gold at 48 after six complete fiscal years. That document dates from 2018 and may no longer be current.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Role or title | CEO, business owner, founder or executive with decision-making authorityFrom the Vistage Australia membership FAQ: "you must be a senior leader such as a CEO, business owner, founder or executive with decision-making authority in a mid-sized or growing business".verified September 2026 · source ↗ | President, CEO or Chairperson of the Board (or equivalent), and top operational leader of the company or divisionRequires final decision-making authority, full P&L accountability, authority to hire and fire across the company or division, and leadership across core business functions.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum company revenue | No published minimum company revenue | USD 16,000,000+ revenue for sales, service and manufacturing companiesOne of several alternative company tests.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum employees | No published minimum employees | 50+ full-time employees, or 15+ full-time employees with at least USD 2,750,000 annual employee compensationverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum company valuation | No published minimum company valuation | USD 27,000,000+ enterprise valueAlternative to the revenue tests.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | Australia and New Zealandverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published geographic restriction |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | Not documented |
| Application process | Prospective members request a confidential, no-obligation conversation with a member advisor, who assesses fit against leadership role and business size and then places the candidate in a non-competing group with a specific Chair. Nomination or sponsorship is not required. | Applications are submitted through YPO's online form in five steps (contact information, requirements, personal details, company details, and terms and fees) and are then reviewed. Candidates are assessed against the published age, title, employee and company-size tests, and are admitted into a specific chapter. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. Vistage says members are "selected based on leadership role, business size and ability to actively contribute" but publishes no acceptance rate. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. Vistage Australia publishes no price and routes enquiries to a member advisor.verified September 2026 | $4,790 a yearInternational dues; "pro-rated annual dues (USD 4,790)" on joining, with renewal dues payable on 1 June. Chapter dues are additional.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | $4,790 one-time"One-time initiation fee of USD 4,790.00" stated on YPO's own membership application page.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Local chapter dues | Not publicly disclosed. | $4,120 a yearStated by YPO Southern 7 Chapter (2026): YPO Southern 7 chapter (US), FYE 6/30/2027; chapter portion only, in addition to USD 4,790 YPO dues. “total annual dues are $8,910 ($4,790 YPO + $4,120 YPO Southern 7 Chapter)”verified October 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Not documented | Annual; international renewal dues payable on 1 June |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | One full-day or half-day group meeting a month depending on programme, plus regular one-to-one coaching sessions with the Chair | Forum meetings within the chapter, chapter events, and regional and global events through the year |
| Peer forums | Confidential peer advisory groups of 12-16 non-competing CEOs and business owners, each led by a trained Chair | Members are placed in a forum within their chapter. YPO does not publish a standard forum size on its public pages. |
| Confidentiality | Groups are described as confidential and high-trust; Vistage's founding practice was strict confidentiality among non-competing members | Forum discussion is conducted under confidentiality norms; YPO does not publish the text of its confidentiality rules publicly. |
| Time commitment | Roughly one meeting day a month plus a coaching session, per the published membership commitment | Not documented |
| Organized as | Forum-based, Chapter-based, Event-focused | Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | Yes |
| Local chapters | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | No |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | Yes |
| Travel | No | Yes |
| Family programming | No | Yes |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Yes |
| Next-generation programming | No | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Partial | Not documented |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | Not documented |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Low | High |
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