Speakers

The 2027 lineup is coming together.

We're selective about who takes the stage. Compound Conference speakers are operators currently doing the work — not consultants packaging other people's experience. The 2027 roster will match the bar set in 2026.

2027 Speakers

The room is filling up.

Past editions featured leaders from top multi-business platforms, bootstrapped holdco builders, and operators running programmatic M&A at scale. More names coming soon.

Michael Girdley

Founder · Girdley Enterprises

Heather Endresen

Founder & CEO · Viso Business Capital

Sheel Mohnot

Co-founder & GP · Better Tomorrow Ventures

David C. Brown

CEO · Victory Capital Holdings

What Gets Covered

The content that actually moves the needle.

Sessions are designed around the questions operators at scale are actually asking. No keynotes about mindset or culture. Real frameworks for real problems.

Holdco structure: how to set up entities, shared services, and management layers

Capital allocation across a portfolio of businesses

M&A integration — what actually works after you close a deal

Moving from operator to owner: building teams that run without you

Programmatic acquisition: building a repeatable deal sourcing machine

ETA structures, search funds, and working with outside capital

AI leverage inside real operating businesses

Exiting a business — timing, structure, and what comes after

Want to see the 2026 lineup?

Past editions set the bar. Check out the full 2026 speaker roster and agenda to get a sense of the caliber and topics you can expect in 2027.

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The 2027 lineup is coming together.

The room is filling up.

The content that actually moves the needle.

Want to see the 2026 lineup?

Don't wait for the full lineup.