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Top 10 Family Offices in Tennessee (2026)

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Here are ten of the top active family offices from our database that are based in Tennessee, along with their websites:

  1. Pittco Capital Partners (Memphis)
    Pittco Management is the single family office of Joseph R. "Pitt" Hyde III, founder of AutoZone, and his wife Barbara. Established more than 30 years ago in Memphis, it provides investment, accounting, tax, and financial services, with investments spanning managed funds, direct deals including venture capital and buyouts, and multifamily housing.
  2. Nidaross (Knoxville)
    Nidaross is a family-owned private investment company that creates value through venture capital and the financial markets. Its portfolio includes U.S. companies across commodities development, services, real estate, and financial investments.
  3. McNamara Family Ventures (Brentwood)
    McNamara Family Ventures provides venture and growth capital to healthcare companies. Describing itself as an active capital investor, its team of operators and financial professionals helps management draft business plans, define strategy, pursue mergers and partnerships, and attract key talent.
  4. Greater Sum Ventures (Knoxville)
    Greater Sum Ventures is a family office and growth equity firm investing in lower-middle-market, tech-enabled business services companies. Its team of industry veterans combines operating and investing experience, bringing transformational capital and operational support to each portfolio company.
  5. Kemmons Wilson Companies (Memphis)
    Kemmons Wilson Companies continues the legacy of Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson and his wife Dorothy. Through Wilson Investment Management, the family backs established businesses and new ideas, investing in great people and greater ideas.
  6. Martin Ventures (Nashville)
    Martin Ventures is the family office of healthcare executive, investor, and entrepreneur Charlie Martin. It comprises a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, a shared service advisory company, and a boutique consulting company, and is also the primary funding source for the private equity firm ROND Capital.
  7. Clayton Associates (Nashville)
    Clayton Associates is a Nashville family office investment firm founded by the Clayton family. It makes seed, angel, and venture investments in healthcare and technology, drawing on the city's deep healthcare industry roots to back early-stage healthcare services, healthcare IT, and technology businesses.
  8. Dobbs Management Service (Memphis)
    Dobbs Management Service is the family office organized exclusively for Edward Dobbs and his sisters, Kirby Dobbs Floyd and Julie Dobbs Allen. It oversees the family's financial assets, including marketable securities and direct investments.
  9. SouthWorth Capital Management (Memphis)
    SouthWorth Capital Management is a family office specializing in private investments, ranked first on Axial's Most Active Family Offices list. Founder Jeff Presley has completed more than 100 acquisitions across logistics, engineering, landscaping, distribution, manufacturing, and real estate, building a portfolio of over 50 companies.
  10. Big Plan Holdings (Nashville)
    Big Plan Holdings is a diversified investment portfolio owned and operated by the Joseph family in Nashville. Its holdings reach across cannabis, real estate, music and entertainment, film, professional sports, fashion, hospitality, and philanthropy.

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