John Benevides is president of Family Office Exchange (FOX), a Chicago and London-based provider of education and peer exchange to families of exceptional wealth. FOX serves a private network of over 500 ultra-wealthy families and multi-family offices across 22 countries.  Drawing on his years of high net worth research and advisory expertise, Mr. Benevides has launched several new member services and greatly expanded the role of research at FOX.  

Before joining FOX, Mr. Benevides was managing director of the financial services practice of the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a best practices research advisor to 400 of the world’s leading financial organizations.  From 1997 through 2002, Mr. Benevides directed CEB’s signature wealth management and investment practice, The VIP Forum. He personally served senior wealth management executives on site in more than 40 countries. Prior to that, Mr. Benevides spent nearly two years as the lead examiner of Fannie Mae, served as a capital markets specialist and financial institution examiner for the FDIC - New York, and worked for Allied Irish Banks plc in London.

Mr. Benevides holds an undergraduate degree in organizational psychology and economics from the University of Maryland. He studied business and international economics at Boston University in London and was the distinguished graduate in finance and economics at The Johns Hopkins University, where he received an M.S. in finance and an MBA.  Mr. Benevides is a member of Young President’s Organization (YPO) Chicagoland Chapter and is an executive committee member of YPO’s Family Business Network.