Strategic advisory and private investments for enterprising families.
Trusted advisors. Valued partnerships.
Lasting legacies. That’s McFarland Partners.
Our clients are bombarded by complex interconnected strategic, business, and financial challenges
— all while trying to maintain the family's legacy for the next generation and beyond.
You need results. We deliver. We are seasoned advisors and investors in family enterprise.
We listen first. Then we holistically assess the big picture, focusing on client success as a family, business owner, and investor.
Working with you and your team, we use decades of real-world experience, data, analytics, best practices, and our network of resources in the family enterprise arena to create and implement practical solutions — customized for you.
Legacy builders. Business founders. Corporate captains. Generational leaders. This is who we serve.
We work in the best interest of our clients, often family principals, CEOs, CIOs, trustees, or non-family executives from family offices or family/founder-owned businesses. We collaborate with internal and external resources, as appropriate, and view estate planners or investment consultants as potential partners.
Our approach brings clarity and results
to the family, its business, and investments.
Aligned families. Growing businesses.
Successful investments. We help build your legacy.
Aligned Families
Family comes first in all we do, and each client is unique. We work collaboratively with stakeholders to holistically understand the big picture and map out a path forward.
Shared family capital vision
Alignment & governance
Generational leadership & succession
Growing Businesses
Whether the business is an operating company, family office, or philanthropy, we use real world experience and results-oriented analysis to create custom strategies.
Performance improvement initiatives
Organic & acquisition growth; exit paths
Team & board development
Successful Investments
Our expertise, family network, and best practices drive value in acquisitions, private equity funds, minority co-investments, independent sponsors, or family to family partnerships.
Private investment strategy
Sourcing, diligence & closing
Investment committee & portfolio management
We are results-oriented, long-term value creators,
working in the best interests of our clients.
Molly founded McFarland Partners to serve family offices and family/founder-owned businesses in strategic advisory and private investments. She has deep expertise as a managing director at a large single-family office, general partner in private equity investment firms, and as a strategic management consultant.
Molly has decades of experience in creating long-term legacy value in partnership with closely held enterprises and has served on over 30 public and private boards. She earned a B.S., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Business Strategy & Private Investment Expertise for Family Enterprises
McFarland Partners supports your legacy and drives your success as a family, a business owner, and an investor.
McFarland brings the deep unbiased expertise you need -- when you need it.
We provide a flexible approach and often work as a retained advisor, outsourced executive, board director, or in other market-based engagements.