Cities · United States

Invitation-only in Chicago

Chicago's executive organizations are older and more institutional than the coasts': the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club and the Union League Club date from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and still sit at the centre of the city's business life. The national peer groups are all present — YPO's Chicago chapters, EO Chicago, TIGER 21, R360 (with more than one chapter in the area), WPO — and the angel community is anchored by Hyde Park Angels, which has grown from an angel group into an investment firm. Manufacturing and family-owned businesses remain a larger share of the membership here than in technology-led cities, which shows in the popularity of owner-focused and family-business organizations.

The Chicago skyline — Chicago · GazeboJake · Wikimedia Commons · CC0

With a verified local chapter or presence

A chapter is recorded only when the organization itself lists it or a named publication reports it; the source is shown. Meeting schedules are set locally — confirm with the chapter.
Organization	Local chapter	Who it is for	Source
PavilionPeer advisory	Chicago	In-seat go-to-market leaders in sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships and revenue operations who manage teams and carry a revenue number, plus a separate tier for B2B…	Source ↗
The PEER 150Networking organization	The PEER 150 Chicago	Chief human resources officers, chief people officers and other senior HR leaders at large US employers	Source ↗
PEWINInvitation-only community	PEWIN Midwest	Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy — on both the GP and LP sides	Source ↗
Keiretsu ForumInvestment community	Keiretsu Forum MWNE Chicago	Accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate or institutional investors	Source ↗
Gartner C-level CommunitiesLeadership network	Gartner C-level Communities - Chicago community	Enterprise C-level executives - CIOs, CISOs, CHROs, CDAOs, CFOs and CSCOs - at large organisations, plus business-unit and regional C-level leaders at companies above $500 million…	Source ↗
HamptonPeer advisory	Hampton Chicago	Founders and CEOs of high-growth technology or tech-enabled companies who live in one of Hampton's chapter cities.	Source ↗
R360Invitation-only community	R360 Chicago	Centimillionaire families: individuals and families with a net worth above US$100 million.	Source ↗
R360Invitation-only community	R360 Midwest	Centimillionaire families: individuals and families with a net worth above US$100 million.	Source ↗

Also available here: virtual and national organizations

These organizations state that participation can be virtual, or operate nationally without local chapters.

Peer advisory

Pavilion

In-seat go-to-market leaders in sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships and revenue operations who manage teams and carry a revenue number, plus a separate tier for B2B…

Networking organization

Founders Network

Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.

Invitation-only community

Dynamite Circle

Founders of bootstrapped, profitable, location-independent businesses in software, e-commerce, services and media.

Networking organization

The PEER 150

Chief human resources officers, chief people officers and other senior HR leaders at large US employers

The Economic Club of New York Family Office Networks Gartner C-level Communities Forward Global

Narrow it

Which of these can I join? Filter organizations in Chicago Compare two of them