Guides and rankings
Editorial guides to the organizations worth considering for a given profile — CEOs under 45, family-business owners, investors above a wealth threshold — written from the database rather than from marketing copy. Rankings follow a published method; nobody buys a place in one.
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The best CEO peer groups, and who each is for
Six organizations whose core product is a confidential group of chief executives or owners, ranked for a reader who runs a company and wants a room of peers — with the published…
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Organizations for chief executives under 45
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The best investor networks for an accredited investor
- Networks for US$10 million and above, by wealth bandThe peer communities and family-office networks a wealth holder can join, arranged by the published bar — US$3 million, US$20 million, US$30 million, US$100 million — with what…Ranking · reviewed September 2026
- Family-office networks: how to tell the peer networks from the sales roomsFive kinds of organization use the words “family office network”. The records show which admit principals only, which admit the people who want to sell to them, which publish a…Guide · reviewed September 2026
- Founder communities, from free to five figuresThe founder networks and communities ranked for a reader who owns a company and wants peers, ordered by what each publishes and what it costs — from a few hundred dollars a year…Ranking · reviewed September 2026
- Organizations for women executives and owners, by what they testA tenure test, an ownership test, an open door, a board-readiness programme and an angel network — the organizations for women leaders differ by what they ask for, and that is the…Guide · reviewed September 2026
- Groups for family-business owners: federations, national bodies, university centresFamily-business organizations divide into an international federation, national bodies that convene and lobby, regional alliances with tiered dues, and university centres with…Guide · reviewed September 2026
- CEO peer groups without an upper age limitFor the chief executive who is past 45 and therefore past YPO's joining window: the peer organizations that publish no age ceiling, and the one built for people who have graduated.Guide · reviewed September 2026
By category
CEO peer groups25Founder and entrepreneur networks27Business-owner organizations41Peer-advisory groups31Investor networks44High-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth networks36Family-office networks14Family-business organizations12Private wealth communities21Venture-capital communities29Private-equity communities12Real-estate investor groups12Women executive organizations16Young-leader organizations9Next-generation wealth networks15Professional leadership organizations64Industry-specific executive groups39Philanthropic networks18Private business clubs43Private members' clubs42International leadership organizations30Alumni-style executive networks11Invitation-only communities59Mastermind and paid peer groups12