Family Offices in Chicago

Agman Partners invests its own capital with a bias toward long duration ownership. For more than a century, the firm's principals have focused on creating lasting value with considerable expertise in financial services, hospitality, and real estate. Broad investment mandate allows investment across the capital structure. Founded in 1923, Agman self-reports 13,000+ employees and $1 billion-plus in revenue across 32 states, with offices in Omaha, NE and Chicago, IL. Recent portfolio activity includes Aurenity's E&S property program launch and underwriting expansion (February 2026), Aparium Hotels' hospitality expansion (January 2026), and Potbelly's acquisition by an Atlanta-based operator (December 2025).

Armory is a family investment office funded with permanent capital and a legacy of more than 70 years investing in private businesses. The firm holds investments based on the merits of the opportunity, forging long-term working relationships with quality companies seeking growth. Sectors: healthcare, consumer products, agriculture. In January 2026, Armory portfolio company VitalSkin Dermatology acquired Core Dermatology from H.I.G. Capital, and in July 2026 the firm made a strategic investment in XSponse, a connected public-safety AI platform.

Atman LP is a family office investing in global markets for health and wellness. It operates as a limited partnership for the Khatau Family.

Beverly Capital invests across multiple asset classes with a long-term perspective, private companies, real estate, PE and debt funds, and public equity. The firm also supports communities through the Nolan Family Foundation, created in 2019 to serve at-risk youth and underserved populations. The firm has invested in over 80 private companies and is currently invested in approximately 40 different private equity or debt funds, and is the primary investor in Juno Capital, which holds direct real estate investments in farmland, apartment buildings, and hotels.

BLG Capital Advisors is a private markets investment firm in downtown Chicago focusing on small and middle market PE and real estate strategies globally. Operating with a proprietary single-family capital source, the firm isn't beholden to typical investment timelines or market cycles. In December 2025, BLG partnered with Mast Capital to deliver The Winslow, a 320-unit multifamily community in North Fort Myers, Florida.

Bluestein Ventures focuses on early-stage ventures across the food industry, spanning the entire value chain with both B2C and B2B focus. A family-based VC firm, purpose-driven, putting entrepreneurs first and investing time, experience, and network to help portcos achieve product-market fit and scale. Portfolio company Mezcla raised a $9.5 million Series B round in March 2026 to fuel brand building and distribution expansion.

BMO Family Office manages approximately $8.1 billion in assets as a subsidiary of BMO Financial Group. The firm provides integrated wealth management to ultra-affluent families, lending and cash management, family estate and trust services, and customized investment management. Originally built for a single banking family, it now operates as a full-service multi-family office. The office is led by President Michael Miranda, who also serves as Head of Investments for BMO Wealth Management-U.S.

Craig Bondy founded Bondy Capital in 2023, bringing decades of PE leadership. The firm invests long-term capital in private markets through a flexible, partnership-oriented approach. Domain expertise: technology, information services, business services, aerospace and defense, and government services. The founding team also includes Shivan Patel and Richard Rincon.

Briar Hall provides wealth management, alternative investments, and trust and fiduciary services for the billionaire Smith family that founded Northern Trust and Illinois Tool Works. President and CEO John Benevides leads the firm from 333 W. Wacker Drive, covering investment management, tax, estate, and philanthropic coordination.

Bridge Ventures invests in people and helps build great companies. The firm focuses on early stage companies looking to solve big problems in huge markets. Chicago-based. Portfolio investments include Replit, Crusoe, PsiQuantum, and Fluidstack, among others.

Builders Vision is an investment and philanthropy platform that scales solutions in food and agriculture, energy, and oceans. The firm grows and transforms markets that generate financial returns and drive sustainable outcomes. It drives systems change across three interconnected sectors through asset allocation, direct investing, and strategic philanthropy. The platform was founded by Lukas Walton, who transitioned from CEO to chair a newly created board in early 2026.

Bulletproof Capital is a single family office in Chicago providing wealth management services: tax planning, philanthropic management, estate planning, and investment oversight across public markets, private funds, and direct investments. Rooted in the entrepreneurial drive of the founding family.

Camp Lake Capital acquires and grows lower MM companies from its Chicago base. The firm targets businesses with durable competitive advantages and partners with management teams to drive long-term value creation.

Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz leads Chaifetz Group, investing permanent family capital behind entrepreneurs, business owners, and management teams. The firm employs a flexible approach across VC, PE, real estate, and opportunistic strategies. Established track record of building businesses that create lasting value. In March 2026, Dr. Chaifetz and Marc Zahr led the Chaifetz Group's acquisition of a stake in the Portland Trail Blazers.

Composition Wealth is committed to helping your financial goals become a reality, working with you every step of the way by combining data-driven approach with thoughtful guidance to create a plan as unique as you. As a fiduciary, the firm acts in your best interest, prioritizing your needs over their own. The experienced advisory team provides comprehensive wealth management services including investments, taxes, financial planning, estate planning, and philanthropic planning. In 2026, the firm expanded its leadership team, appointing Meghan McCartan as Chief Marketing Officer (February) and continuing to grow through M&A, including a $900 million team addition from Edgewater (March).

Concentric Equity Partners partners with leading middle market companies through control equity investments, providing capital and operational resources to accelerate growth. Chicago-based. In April 2026, Concentric Equity Partners and Summer Street Capital Partners announced their exit from Frontier Waste Solutions, which GFL Environmental subsequently acquired.

Council Ring Capital is a Chicago-based, multi-strategy investment firm affiliated with a single family. The team makes long-term investments in publicly-traded companies, privately-held or sponsor-backed companies, and partnerships with third-party investment funds. Concentrated in a select number of deeply researched ideas.

Cresset Private Capital makes direct investments in operating companies where the team has experience. The firm focuses on sectors where it can add strategic and operational value alongside patient family capital.

DNS Capital is the investment office and internal merchant bank for Gigi Pritzker, Michael Pucker, and their immediate family. The firm takes a long-term and flexible approach to investing by building relationships with business owners, management teams, and entrepreneurs. Goals: align interests, evolve businesses, and create long-term value. In February 2025, DNS Capital completed a transaction involving portfolio company Naviant.

DOM Capital Group invests growth capital in emerging branded food and consumer businesses from Chicago. The firm was established to continue a family legacy of supporting values-driven companies in the consumer sector. DOM targets high-growth brands with strong unit economics and clear paths to scale.

Duchossois Capital Management offers experience, operational expertise, and long-term vision to management teams, fund managers, and partners. With 100 years of excellence in operating businesses, the company is led by industry experts focused on long-term impact and value creation. Sectors: healthcare, behavioral health, insurance. Launched in 2013 by the Duchossois Group, with Michael Flannery named President that year.

Efficient Capital exists to maximize the benefits of Managed Futures for institutions and individuals around the world. The firm offers investment solutions designed to meet a range of investor needs through diversified managed futures strategies, focused solutions, and a publicly registered mutual fund. Solutions span from comprehensive multi-manager portfolios to custom strategies for large investors. The investment team also includes Chad Martinson, Curt Bradshaw, Lorent Meksi, and Marat Molyboga; the Managed Futures universe the firm targets represents over $300 billion, drawing on 30-plus underlying managers across 200-plus global markets.

Elmore Companies invests in profitable, founder-led, B2B companies. Long-term value creation with no intent to sell. As a family office without limited partners, the firm has flexibility on deal structure and no need for an exit. Target EBITDA: $1M-$8M.

Flying Tiger Capital is a family office and investment firm that invests in emerging fund managers and the next generation of founders and entrepreneurs leading high-growth businesses. The firm's mission is to preserve and accumulate wealth through alternative investment. The management team has combined 30 years of experience in technology, investments, and the capital market. Portfolio investments include Chicago Atlantic Credit, VU Venture Partners, SpaceX, and Fundrise, among others.

Fulcrum Investing is a family office backing start-up companies and the entrepreneurial community. The firm invests in Seed through Series B start-ups nationwide. The firm states on its own site that it is not currently taking on new investments.

Globe Corporation is a family-owned, diversified investment company with close to 3 million square feet of institutional-quality industrial, office, and retail space. The firm continues to grow its real estate, asset management, and PE operations. Asset management is conducted through the firm's wholly owned subsidiary, Globe Financial Corporation, exclusively for the Getz family and related family members.

Kinship Capital is an entrepreneurial real estate firm unconstrained by typical equity investor limitations. No outside investors, no single investment hurdle, no limit on hold period. The firm pursues a generational investment horizon with a mandate to generate significant capital appreciation over 50+ years. As one example, the firm acquired a 16-acre, 350,000-plus-square-foot single-tenant R&D campus in Santa Clara, California, in 2013.

Founded in 1994, Lead Lap Enterprises manages $35 million and seeks control investments in small to mid-size companies. Managing Partner David F. Zucker leads the Chicago-based family office. Sectors: business services, consumer products/services, health services, education, marketing, media, and advertising.

Majic Investments is a Chicago-based private equity and family office firm founded to deploy its equity individually or in combination with a collection of private investors to acquire and build a portfolio of high-quality, small and middle-market midwest-based businesses. Its mission is to identify companies that are leaders in their niche markets and create added value through strategic planning in pursuit of organic and add-on acquisition growth strategies. The firm partners with talented management teams to build solid businesses for the long term with the goal of generating fair returns for investors.

Established in 1982 by Matthew Bucksbaum, chairman of General Growth Properties, MB Investments is the Bucksbaum family office. The office advises a private trust company and multiple family members, handling accounting, tax, insurance, property management, and philanthropy across trusts and foundations. The Maurice & Dorothy Bucksbaum Family Foundation operates as a subsidiary.

Medallion Investment Partners is a family office and investment platform. The firm assists HNW and UHNW investors in compounding wealth through curated private investment vehicles. Open to collaboration with investors and private investment funds.

Michael Goy founded MPG Equity Partners in 2013 after building his career at Sterling Partners and JPMorgan M&A. The firm acquires profitable companies throughout the Midwest where ownership is looking to retire or transition. Sectors: healthcare, IT, business services, niche manufacturing, and value-added distribution. Revenue target: $5-25M.

North Park Group acquires and operates U.S.-based manufacturing and distribution businesses. The firm brings operational expertise and patient capital to build lasting industrial companies.

Gordon Segal and Carole Segal built Crate & Barrel from its opening in Chicago in 1962. Prairie Management Group carries forward those values, practicality, durability, and curiosity, investing private family capital into PE, hedge funds, real estate, and public securities. President Matt Frekko runs the team.

Pritzker Group has acquired or invested in more than 100 companies. A family-backed investment firm, it partners with companies for the long term, focusing on entrepreneur- and family-owned businesses.

Founded in 2006 when the Musso and Code families combined their private markets and family investing experience, Promus grew into a diversified private markets organization managing approximately $3.1 billion. In December 2025, Waverly Advisors acquired select Promus business lines including wealth management, PE access, and real estate strategies. Promus Equity Partners, the direct PE arm, remains independently owned. Acquirer Waverly Advisors reported approximately $29.5 billion in AUM as of November 14, 2025.

Rellim Capital Management is a family investment firm dedicated to creating value for generations. Based in Glenview.

Sawdust Investment Management is the single-family office of the founder of CDW Corp., headquartered at 30 S. Wacker, Suite 2500. CIO Kate Lindberg oversees diversified global portfolios for the family and the Circle of Service Foundation. The firm manages across public and private markets with a disciplined approach to capital preservation.

Schwartz Capital Group invests in and builds growing businesses for the long-term. Investment platforms include Strand Equity (emerging consumer brands), OppFi (AI fintech platform), Schwartz Capital Real Estate (multi-family operators), and Schwartz Capital Opportunistic Equity (special situations).

CIO Manpreet Singh leads Singh Capital Partners, a family office investing across private markets, real assets, and funds. The firm combines institutional discipline with entrepreneurial insight, deploying capital strategically to build lasting enterprises and long-term value.

SJK Capital invests in mining, fintechs, real estate, and agriculture. The firm's thesis: find companies in traditional sectors that have growth capacity but operational inefficiencies preventing sustainable development. It also invests in technology for redefining processes and businesses in those same sectors.

Skydeck Capital invests capital on behalf of the Polsky family. Because of the proprietary capital base, the firm isn't bound by pre-defined time horizons or investment hurdles and can focus on long-term impact and value creation. Chicago-based.

Tallwoods Partners is an independent multi-family investment office in Chicago offering flexible investment solutions from one-off opportunistic ideas to full portfolio management. The firm also coordinates family office matters spanning investing, tax, legal, and estate planning.

Temple Hall Group is a family-owned private company that invests in best-in-class North American manufacturing businesses. Long-term ownership approach, partnering with management teams to build durable industrial enterprises. Temple Hall Group is an affiliate of Temple Hall Capital Management, the family office of Samuel M. Mencoff, alongside John Goedert and Pietro Suero.

A multi-generational family foundation inspired by a tradition of Tzedakah, lifelong learning, and a commitment to social justice. Dedicated to advancing educational opportunities for young people and promoting environmental sustainability. Focus: Chicago and communities where family members live.

Founded in 2005, V. Gastevich Investments is a Chicago family office with roots in real estate, PE, and cannabis-based investments. Unique perspectives and an entrepreneurial spirit guide the firm across digital platform economy, clean tech, and traditional asset classes.

Wealth Strategist Partners is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, serving as an advisor to exceptional families on investment, wealth, and family business matters. They serve their clients as they serve their own families, advising on key strategic issues across the family enterprise. Their investment philosophy focuses on the unique needs of taxable investors.

Wicklow Capital manages the private capital of GETCO co-founder Dan Tierney. Founded in 2004, the firm has made 50+ investments in companies spanning financial software, logistics, and emerging technology. Investment thesis: ABCD, AI, blockchain, climate, and democracy. In March 2026, portfolio company GlobalComix raised $13 million, acquired INKR, and appointed a new CEO.

Founded in 1976 by Irving B. Harris to manage his own family's capital, William Harris Investors has expanded to serve four generations of the Harris family. The firm strives to continue its founder's legacy of fairness, intelligence, and philanthropy.

The Zell Family Office supports the needs of the Zell Family, from health to finances. It's part of Chai Trust, the private trust company for the Zell family, and operates alongside Equity Group Investments, a private investment firm focused on direct investing in privately held companies across a variety of industries. Reporting in August 2025 described the office scaling up direct deals with a blend of family capital and private-equity-style precision.