Marc Sharpe

Marc J. Sharpe is a global investment executive and board member with a distinguished career spanning family office management, private equity, venture capital and investment banking. Known for his strategic insight, deep expertise in family office governance, and ability to foster innovation and value creation, Sharpe has built and led investment platforms that deliver sustainable growth while navigating complex financial and operational challenges. His leadership style emphasizes integrity, continuous improvement and long-term partnerships that generate significant stakeholder value. Sharpe is the founder and chairman of The Family Office Association, a premier global peer network of single-family offices. Since 2007, he has cultivated a community of senior family office executives and principals representing some of the world’s wealthiest families, promoting education, shared best practices and co-investment opportunities. Under his leadership, TFOA has become a trusted forum for collaboration, market insight and proprietary investment deal flow on a global scale. He also teaches an MBA class on “The Entrepreneurial Family Office” as an adjunct professor at Rice University and Southern Methodist University. Sharpe holds an M.A. from Cambridge University, a M.Phil. from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.