Jeremiah Schnee

CEO and Founder, Next Opportunity Group

Jeremiah Schnee has been recognized as one of the most respected business advisors in the Tri-State area – bringing his clients over 20 years of experience delivering innovative business advisory services and growth strategies.

As Founder of Next Opportunity Group – Jeremiah translates Best Practices from multinational clients – including Allstate, Pfizer, Colgate Palmolive and Northrop Grumman – to the dynamic businesses of leading middle market CEOs and owner-entrepreneurs. He partners with them to develop and implement strategies that drive their business to the next level, while enhancing operational excellence, profitability, and company equity value.

Jeremiah is also founder of the Wealth and Values Initiative (WVI) – a rapidly growing Community of Legacy Families passionate to learn and apply Best Practices in the Intergenerational transfer of Wealth and Values. He is also Co-Founder of the WVI Dolphin Foundation, which exists to inspire Legacy Families to pivot toward philanthropy– through utilizing their considerable prestige, wealth, and power to uplift culture by supporting earlier stage / smaller nonprofit causes that deeply align with our culture and code of conduct such as Sports for Good, and Veterans causes.

Jeremiah also co-founded iLEAD – an elite international exchange and leadership program that focuses on building robust business action networks for future family business leaders and first-time wealth creators from American, Western and Chinese family enterprises.

Jeremiah recently delivered strategy education, coaching, and implementation training to 25 high potential diverse CEOs through the Six Parallel Tracks to Success Program™, based upon NextOpp’s proprietary methodology and provided in conjunction with pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc. and the PA-NJ-DE Chapter of the Minority Supplier Development Council (MSDC).

Jeremiah is frequently quoted in print and on air and is a sought-after speaker by business groups, civic organizations, and universities. He served as a Moderator for The HSBC International CEO Roundtable, and speaker for The New York Enterprise Report’s Hidden Opportunities & Challenges of Doing Business in Asia. Mr. Schnee also served as a judge for the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Chapter’s Top 10 Businesses Awards, and for the New York Enterprise Report’s annual Small Business Awards. Jeremiah also served as Strategic Marketing Advisor to CEWIT, The Center for Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology.

Jeremiah’s business acumen is supported by his passion for bridging divides – be it between family generations, cultures, or nations – and strongly believes in the importance of maximizing social as well as financial capital.