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From Harvard to Hong Kong - 14 family office study programs
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March 21, 2025
NEWSLETTER
Family office insights this week:
Fourteen family office study programs around the world
What is Family Capital
A podcast on family office succession challenges and innovation
A fiery debate on higher taxes vs. greater freedoms
How many entrepreneurs want a family office
Family Office Education On The Rise
Much-needed education, and good business for institutions.
Estimated at $50 billion, executive education is big business. And universities and institutions are slowly waking up to the opportunities around Family Office education.
The need is clear: there are an estimated 8,000+ single family offices globally, and Deloitte expects that number to grow by 75% over the next five years. With most of these offices still relatively young—on average around a decade old—this rapid expansion is putting pressure on recruitment and talent development.
It’s an industry that needs to attract talent from banks, VC, PE, accounting, law, operations, administration and more.
To fill the increasing number of roles over the next few years will require significant upskilling of existing executives plus focused education of young professionals
In addition, ultra-high-net-worth family members themselves want to learn and share best practices on how modern family offices should operate.
Education institutions have started to step up.
From full undergraduate degrees to online certificates, entities from Ivy League universities to dedicated regional wealth institutes now offer family office programs.
Oxford University’s Said Business School even has dedicated family office student club, with the aim “to build a lifelong network of like-minded individuals from family business, family office and investing backgrounds.”
There’s a growing choice for family members and family office executives, as well as those looking to move into the industry.
And with fees averaging $12,000 for a week-long course, these programs are good business for institutions.
Here are fourteen family office education programs currently available around the world, from part-time executive courses to complete undergraduate degrees.
UNITED STATES
Columbia Business School - Family Enterprises and Wealth
For: UHNW families and advisors
Structure: Online
Duration: 6 weeks
Fee: $2,600
Harvard Business School - Building a Legacy: Family Office Wealth Management
For: Family members, single family office and wealth management executives
Format: In person
Duration: 4 days
Fee: $12,750
Northwestern Kellogg - The Single Family Office
For: Senior single family offices executives
Format: In person
Duration: 3 days
Fee: $6,500
Wharton - Family Office Program: Balancing Family Harmony and Financial Prosperity
For: UHNWIs, family office advisors or executives if attending with family member
Format: In person
Duration: 5 days
Fee: $12,875
University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Family Office Initiative
For: Booth School of Business MBA students
Format: In person
SMU Cox Business School - The Entrepreneurial Family Office
For: Strategy and Entrepreneurship students at Cox
Format: In person
United Kingdom
London Business School - Leading the Family Office
For: Professionals within the family office
Format: In person
Duration: 5 days
Fee: £12,000
Henley Business School - The Family Office Program
For: Family office managers and their counterparties
Format: Online
Duration: Self-study, 2 - 12 months
Fee: £2,400
Switzerland
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) - Leading your Family Office
For: Family members and non-family executives working with single family
Format: In person, Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 4 days
Fee: CHF 12,400
University of Zurich - Learning from Leading Impact Family Offices
For: Wealth owners and single family office managers
Format: In person
Duration: 3 days
Fee: CHF 4,920
HONG KONG
Hong Kong University SPACE - Family Office Management Strategy
For: Post-graduates seeking family office management skills
Format: In person
Duration: 2.5 months
Fee: HKD 15,000
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - MSc in Family Office and Family Business
For: Post-graduates seeking family office management skills
Format: In person
Duration: 1 year full-time; 2-year part time
Fee: HKD 450,000
SINGAPORE
Wealth Management Institute - Certificate for Family Office Advisors
For: Family office executives and advisors
Format: In person
Duration: 8 days
Fee: SGD 16,840
Singapore Management University - Family Office Advisor
For: Family office executives and advisors
Format: Online (synchronous e-learning)
Duration: 8.5 days (all 10 modules)
Fee: SGD 9,526 (all 10 modules)
As the family office space continues to expand and professionalize, education is quickly becoming a key differentiator—for families, executives, and institutions alike. Whether you're building a career in the space or managing wealth across generations, the right program could be an incredible investment.
𝕏 highlights
Family Capital.
Does your family have Family Capital?
Family Capital refers to the resources that families use to sustain and grow wealth across generations
If you want your family wealth to endure and grow, each of these resources should be nurtured across generations
1. Financial Capital
— Mr Family Office (@MrFamilyOffice)
1:49 PM • Mar 15, 2025
Entrepreneur aspirations.
Entrepreneurs aspirations
Thinking about the future, here's what entrepreneurs want to do next:
→ 61% of US entrepreneurs want to focus more on travel, hobbies and the family
→ 49% aspire to become an investor in a range
of asset classes→ 42% favor private equity/angel
— Mr Family Office (@MrFamilyOffice)
7:01 PM • Mar 17, 2025
Tough week…
💼 where to work
Four notable family office job opportunities.
Five experienced family office candidates open to work.
All in the March jobs newsletter that hit your inboxes Wednesday.
📚 what to read
I gave up on two books this week… not worth finishing and definitely not worth recommending. So hit me with your recommendations.
But here’s a book I read a few years ago that came up in conversation recently. McMafia by Misha Glenny is a deep dive into the world of organized crime. From international money laundering operations to arms dealing, drug smuggling and cyber crime. Particularly interesting is the section on Nigerian “419” scams and the surprising logic behind crude email fraud.
📻 what to listen to
Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology with Columbia professor and investor Michael Oliver Weinberg. In this episode, Michael interviews Jose Eduardo Siman, one of El Salvador's most influential business families on Succession Planning Challenges and Innovating the Family Office.
📺 what to watch
A fiery debate: is 2025 the worst economic crisis in 96 years? Gary Stevenson argues that taxing the wealthy is the answer to the shrinking middle class. Daniel Priestley argues that greater economic freedom is the solution.
And finally…
Did we miss any great family office study programs? Hit reply and let me know.
Monday’s Family Office Buzz (the best of the rest: content on family offices and beyond) reported on the best 100 schools in the world, how family offices are like startups and a look at the legal, tax and regulatory challenges for family offices in 2025. You can find it here.
There are some exciting topics coming up: WealthTech, preparing the next-gen, family office accounting.
Until next week, see you on 𝕏 or LinkedIn.
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