ABOUT US

Family History

Stetson Family Office was created in 1919 by Eugene W. Stetson of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York when he organized and arranged for the public offering of the Coca-Cola Company. Stetson also ran the Illinois Central for Averill Harriman at Harriman’s request. He merged the well-capitalized Guaranty Trust Company with the much smaller J.P. Morgan bank. The Stetson School of Business at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia was established in his memory. 

Eugene's son Charlie Stetson was one of the founders of the third market trading of public stocks away from the New York Stock Exchange in the early 1950s, which became a major business.

Chuck Stetson is the third generation to run the family office. He is focused on private equity investments and leases with family offices around the globe in his role as the head of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Global Family Office Council. He has also set up a philanthropic organization, Essentials in Education, which provides world class educational content on Flourishing Through Business. More on Chuck below.

Chuck Stetson, CEO

In 1999, the Bible Literacy Project www.bibleliteracy.org was established and co-published with the First Amendment Center “The Bible & Public Schools, A FirstAmendment Guide” which had 19 other endorsers including the National SchoolBoards Association, America Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and the People for the American Way among others. Essentials in Education – www.essentialsineducation.org was added later as the efforts included producingU.S. Constitution Social Studies Reader. In 2017, the Stetson Family Office started Healthcare Impact Foundation, a 501(c)(3), to bring capital and management expertise to life science companies at all stages and to build and maintain an efficient life science eco-system. The Foundation also works to advocate for disease prevention as a strategy to drive healthcare savings. Stetson Family Office has set up a unique Global Family Office BioForum to facilitate collaboration between family offices around the globe and healthcare innovators. Family Offices are responding with excitement. Study groups on Alzheimer’s, Cancer and Diabetes/Obesity have been set up to help Family Officesunderstand these chronic diseases and where the best investment opportunities might be - See Philanthropy.