Name: The Vanderbilt Problem (UBS Rooftop Panel)
Start: 2026-09-16T18:30:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-09-16T21:00:00.000-04:00
Location: 1285 Avenue of the Americas - Private Wealth Management - UBS Financial Services Inc.

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Hosted on the private UBS rooftop in Midtown Manhattan, 

 examines the decisions that determine whether wealth survives the person who created it.

This private conversation will bring together distinguished founders and advisors to examine how great fortunes are divided, diminished or preserved across generations.

Guests will gather in an intimate rooftop setting overlooking Midtown, Manhattan.

, Wealth Advisor to Founders, Business Owners & Tech Employees @

Jack also moderated ProperRoom NYC’s recent 

, guiding a candid discussion between an exited Y Combinator founder and advisors to high-growth companies.

Managing Director, Head of the Business Owners Client Segment · 

Real Estate Investor & Managing Partner · 

Together, the panel will examine the legal, financial, operational and emotional realities of building a legacy that can endure beyond the founder.

Private rooftop arrival, reception, small plates and drinks

Opening remarks and introduction to The Vanderbilt Problem

Executive panel on legacy, ownership and generational wealth

Audience questions and moderated discussion

Curated founder conversation and private rooftop networking

Founders and business owners anticipating a sale, recapitalization or succession event.

It is also intended for founders already holding concentrated private wealth, family enterprise principals preparing the next generation, and select legal, financial and philanthropic advisors working closely with entrepreneurial families.

This is not a broad wealth management seminar or an open networking event.

Attendance will be curated to create a serious room of people responsible for building, transferring or preserving significant value.

ProperRoom NYC was created to address the founder conversations that are often discussed privately but rarely examined honestly in public.

, bringing Series A+ founders together with an exited Y Combinator founder and advisors to high-growth companies to explore what founders wish they had engineered differently before liquidity became imminent.

That gathering followed our flagship New York Tech Week event, which assembled 

345 startups representing more than $1.15 billion in venture backing

, alongside venture investors, family offices and founders across multiple stages of growth.

Across these rooms, we noticed a recurring divide.

Founders spend years learning how to create wealth. Far fewer are given a serious framework for preserving it.