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Family Office Networks
Family office principals and chief investment officers, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and firms partnering with the family office community
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Founding — FON's own site gives 2014. A secondary profile states Andrew Schneider founded the network in 2012; the organisation's date is used here.
Family Office Networks is a media and membership platform for family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, founded in 2014 by Andrew Schneider after running his own family office. It operates on three tracks: original reporting on markets, real estate, finance, technology and governance; a private member network with a directory and peer introductions; and a year-round events calendar. Publications include a quarterly magazine with regional editions for the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, plus the FON Weekly and FON Luxury newsletters, a statistics memo and the FONCAST podcast. Membership is priced in three published tiers: Basic at USD 1,495 a year for media access, Premium at USD 4,995 a year adding the private member directory, warm peer introductions, members-only events and the annual summit, and Corporate from USD 20,000 a year for firms wanting team seats, sponsorship, private events and curated principal introductions. FON states that the media side is open to any verified email while the network side is by application. The organisation reports more than 2,400 verified principals across more than 40 countries.
How it works
Access splits in two. Media access - articles, magazine, newsletters, video and podcast - is granted on a verified email and a Basic subscription. Network access, meaning the private member directory, peer introductions, members-only events and the annual summit, requires an application and sits at the Premium tier and above. Corporate members buy team seats plus sponsorship and event-hosting rights.
Typical member
FON describes its member base as roughly 45 per cent ultra-high-net-worth individuals, 20 per cent single and multi-family offices and 20 per cent luxury companies. No wealth threshold is published.
Membership requirements
Requirements in detail, with history →Requirements are the tests the organization itself publishes — an age ceiling, a company-revenue floor, a net-worth minimum, a role. Where a figure straddles a range, the organization's own assessment decides. Local chapters can apply stricter tests than the published standard.
| Criterion | Published requirement | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Other criterion | Media membership is open to any verified email; network membership (private directory, peer introductions, members-only events) is by application | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
| Role or title | Premium membership is aimed at family office principals, chief investment officers and ultra-high-net-worth individuals | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ |
| Invitation | FON describes the community as invitation-only for single and multi-family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ |
| Minimum net worth | Not publicly disclosed | Verified September 2026Low confidence |
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Initiation fees are paid once on joining; dues recur. Chapter dues, retreats, travel and events are usually additional and are listed separately when the organization discloses them. Figures are as published or reported on the date shown — not quotations.
| Cost | First year | Three years | Provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual duesa year | $1,495 | $4,485 | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Annual duesa year | $4,995 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Annual duesa year | $20,000 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Estimated total, disclosed figures only | $1,495 | $4,485 | Not counted: Annual dues (2 alternative tiers, not added). | |
Structure and programming
Independent context
FON is closer to a specialist trade publication with a paid community attached than to a vetted family office peer network, and its own framing supports that reading: the media product is explicitly open, and only the directory and events are gated by application. The published price list is a genuine advantage over FOX, IPI or CCC Alliance, all of which keep dues private. The Corporate tier makes the commercial model plain - service providers pay to reach principals - so members should assume some inbound interest from other members, which the strictly solicitation-free networks are designed to prevent. Member counts differ between FON's own pages (2,400 versus 3,000), and no wealth or asset threshold is published for the principal tiers, so the qualification bar cannot be verified from outside.
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History and changes
Site-wide change log →- milestoneFounded by Andrew Schneider, who had run his own Schneider Family Office and was previously a founding member of HedgeCo Networks ↗
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Sources
- Family Office Networks, Family Office Networks. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- About Family Office Networks — Who We Are, Family Office Networks. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- Andrew Schneider — Family Office Networks, Family Office Networks. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- Membership — Family Office Networks, Family Office Networks. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.
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