The Elea Global Summit unfolds in Paris
September 9-12th, 2025
Over 3 days and 3 nights, 60 Elea members join a container for thoughtfully-crafted experiences in the world's most remarkable spaces. Everything in the Elea summit is designed to deepen connection, spark serendipity, and leave our members with lifelong friendships between the most visionary serial entrepreneurs, post-exit founders and family office principals. The Summit abandons speakers, panels, and hotel conference rooms.
A look back at the 2024 Elea Global Summit
A global community curated with care. Experiences crafted from passion. And friendships to last a lifetime. The 2025 Global Summit in Paris is drawn from the same artistry & principles that underpinned our inaugural summit in Mexico City.
““I've been to hundreds of conferences around impact and family offices and purpose-driven founders and while there is a spectrum, I think Elea is so far beyond the best-in-class community. I think the reason for that is it was founded by people who were looking with fresh eyes at a really old concept of conferences.”
Rostam Zafari
Founder, World Within
““I've been to hundreds of conferences around impact and family offices and purpose-driven founders and while there is a spectrum, I think Elea is so far beyond the best-in-class community. I think the reason for that is it was founded by people who were looking with fresh eyes at a really old concept of conferences.”
Rostam Zafari
Founder, World Within
Elea is an invitation-only, referral-only community:
You are a post-exit founder, scale-up founder with $100M+ in revenues, or principal/CEO of a modern single-family office
You are actively building a purpose-driven company, philanthropic initiative, or modern family office
Your work directly addresses one of the Sustainable Development Goals
“Every encounter with Elea has enriched my life with meaningful, like-minded relationships and off-the-record conversations with a new class of creative entrepreneurs building future-facing family offices and companies."
Jess Mah
Founder, Mahway
Who is this for?
Attendance at the Elea Summit is by invitation only, featuring a highly curated list of participants.
We selectively invite “second mountain people”—entrepreneurs who have summited their “first mountain of success” and are guided by a desire to scale ventures that have broader impact.
On your second mountain, you’re looking for more than just financial gains. You’re driven by purpose while striving for greater impact. You’re not interested in just preserving your capital; you’re interested in doing meaningful work with people who share your vision and values.
The Elea Summit is where you’ll have a chance to immerse yourself in a community where you’ll find all the inspiration needed to ensure this next chapter in life is a deeply fulfilling one.
Elea members at the 2024 Elea Summit in Mexico City
Engage with visionary leaders
Elea's members take an uncommonly long-term & unconventional approach to building their ventures. They seek to align their cap tables and team with their long-term vision for their organizations.
Redefine your summit experience
Great founders are artists as much as they are entrepreneurs. Elea members are fascinating people who are far more interested in making things that matter than copying what already exists.
Experience the unconventional
Great founders are artists as much as they are entrepreneurs. Elea members are fascinating people who are far more interested in making things that matter than copying what already exists.
Confirmed Attendees
Jess Mah
Founder & Chairman, Mahway
Jess Mah is best known as founding CEO of inDinero which she grew to hundreds of employees. She is now the founder of Mahway, a group of companies valued over a billion. Jess is also a DJ & pilot.
Rostam Zafari
Founder & CEO, World Within
Rostam the founder of World Within, a nonprofit impact investing platform dedicated to finding and funding development projects in
emerging markets, and to sharing their stories. He also served as Chief Investment Officer of Sage Hill Investors (SHI).
Chad Belinsky
Founder, Skyron Family Office
Chad a neuro-atypical bootstrapped a family material science business into a 20 year “overnight success” PE platform exit. Passionate about stewarding wealth seeded MFO vitaeintegro.com and sharing learnings & impact investing through atypicalpath.org.
Cian Duggan
Founder & CEO, Audr
Cian is a serial entrepreneur who launched and led multiple ventures with notable successes, alongside some character-building failures. Today, he tries to live a life with “optimising human flourishing” at the centre.
Andrea Barrica
Managing Partner, Mahway
Andrea is a serial founder who previously co-founded the accounting software company inDinero. She recently co-founded Mahway, a venture builder. Andrea is also principal at Sanara. Andrea splits time between Singapore, Manila and Los Angeles.
Obeid Binzagr
Serial Entrepreneur
Obeid is a serial entrepreneur who founded his own enterprises in Brazil and has lately joined his family business in Saudi Arabia, a country that is undergoing a set of massive transformational reforms.
Astrid Leyssens
VP Capital & Impact Collective
Astrid leads VP Capital (family office) towards impact investing, Impact Thinking, identifying key solutions for Planetary and Societal issues and ways to invest and donate to contribute to solutions. She also founded Impact Collective.
