Operating Partnership

 

A Family Office and Investment Firm For Multiple Families


Pennington Partners & Co. has evolved from the original founding families to an investment advisor and family office supporting ultra-high net worth families, entrepreneurs, and founders/CEOs.

Pennington Partners & Co. operates through a highly aligned partnership model using a cooperative approach for the benefit of a select group of individuals and families nationwide. The team specializes in developing and implementing customized strategic plans and investment portfolios for each individual or family, delivered with personalized service.

The evolution of family offices as a solution for families of complex wealth has become more and more prevalent over the past 10-15 years. Pennington offers a modern approach for those who are seeking a personalized, unbiased advocacy for the management of wealth and life.

We build strategies at the intersection of investments, income tax, and estate planning to partner with like-minded families to protect and grow their wealth, accomplish their goals, and truly maximize their greatest potential.

Case Studies of Operating Partner Families

  • Serial Entrepreneur

    A successful entrepreneur recently sold his business for more than $300mm. While this individual continues to control four additional operating businesses, he has also partnered with Pennington Partners & Co. to serve as the extension of his family office. With his own dedicated CFO and two supporting personnel, the entrepreneur and his team recognized that they would benefit from an aligned partnership with Pennington Partners & Co. in which Pennington would be able to advise on both current and future operating businesses. By integrating our operating partners' vision into a customized investment, succession, and overall family office strategy, this entrepreneur can maximize his business mission and philanthropic impact. Pennington Partners & Co. is focused on freeing up the individual's time to enable him to maximize his fullest potential.

  • Multi-Generational Real Estate Family

    An active multi-generational real estate family partnered with Pennington Partners & Co. to serve as the extension of their single-family office. For many years, the son, in his late 50s, was responsible for managing all the financial activities for the family, along with his father and one full-time administrative assistant. The grandchildren, in their late 20s and early 30s, are getting more involved in the real estate activities and have demonstrated both active interest and potential. Pennington Partners & Co. was engaged to address meaningful investment underperformance and lack of a cohesive strategy at a large private bank, as well as to create a real estate modeling and development program for the children to leverage the previous successes of the family. In collaboration with the firm’s principal real estate advisor, the family CEO developed a customized platform to work with the next generation to take their skills to the next level.

  • Professional Athlete and Entrepreneur

    A leading professional athlete and entrepreneur partnered with Pennington Partners & Co. to serve as the extension of his family office. For many years, this individual and his family had a dedicated Chief of Staff, a team of multiple investment advisors, and a third party managing bill payment and other administrative activities while being responsible for holding the investment advisors accountable for performance. The professional athlete had a large exit from a company where he was the lead investor and board member. During his transition from playing baseball to the next chapter in his life, Pennington was introduced to address a lack of cohesion, minimize conflicts of interest that were inherent with existing investment advisors, develop a broader strategic plan, and assist in partnering with this very bright individual to maximize his greatest potential.