In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Samira Salman hosted a Zoom meeting to bring together some of the wealthiest families on the planet. The meeting proved a hit, leading Salman to re-create it as a series of weekly learning opportunities that featured professors from various disciplines, a former Federal Reserve chair, and a onetime U.S. inspector general, among others. The Zoom get-togethers, originally conceived as a forum for connection during a dark time, have since evolved into a series of real-world events—and underscore Salman’s role as a power connector.
Salman is an advisor to family offices, or the firms that manage the wealth of the world’s richest households. A onetime corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyer, she eventually transitioned to the family office space, where she helps billionaires with a variety of tasks, including the placement of direct investments.
