Sam Parr: YPO caters to an older, traditional 'boys club' demographic
Sam Parr · Sam Reveals The Company He's Worked On For The Last 8 Month · Mar 28, 2023 · at 13:51
Sam Parr, founder of Hampton and The Hustle, compares Hampton's digital-first founder membership with legacy executive peer networks like YPO (Young Presidents' Organization).
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“YPO has been around since the fifties. It's a really big business. But YPO it's like 50 and 60 year old men. And we make a joke at Hampton where we're like, not a lot of people in our group, their businesses aren't inheriting 15 apartment buildings in South Florida. YPO exists for that. And YPO does have like a lot of like tech people and internet people, but it is a little, the age range is much older. It is a little bit more boys club.”
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