Vessi Kapoulian is a Family Office Advisor, Board Director, and a former commercial lender with deep expertise in strategic risk, investment due diligence, governance, and next-gen leadership development.
She works with family offices, founder-led enterprises, and rising G2/G3 leaders to strengthen decision-making, protect capital, and support multi-generational continuity.
Her career began in commercial lending, where she managed a global $1BN+ credit portfolio of middle market enterprises. This experience shaped her disciplined risk lens and her solutions-oriented approach to evaluating investments, businesses, and capital allocation strategies.
Today, Vessi advises family offices and founder-led enterprises on strategic risk assessment, investment and manager due diligence, next-gen education, and family constitution development.
She is also the creator of Family Enterprise Perspectives (video channel) and the Family Enterprise Brief (newsletter) and a best selling author.
Vessi’s mission is simple and enduring:
Protect the downside. Build wisely across generations.
Vessi has earned a Bachelor degree from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from Northwestern University.