About this Event
What if Black Friday became a day to build, not just buy?
On Friday, November 27, join us in Chicago for the Black Friday Wealth Symposium 2026, an in-person community wealth-building experience created for everyday people who want to make more informed financial decisions.
This year’s theme, Wealth Within Your Means, is grounded in a simple truth: You do not have to earn millions to start thinking like someone building wealth.
Real wealth is not only about how much money you make or how successful your life appears. It is also about what you keep, what you own, what you grow, what you protect and the options your financial decisions create.
Black Friday Can Mean More
Black Friday is traditionally centered on spending. The Black Friday Wealth Symposium offers a different experience, one focused on financial education, ownership, intentional decision-making, asset protection and generational impact.
This is not about judging the way people spend their money or promising overnight financial success. It is about creating a welcoming space where people can learn, ask better questions, connect with knowledgeable professionals and identify their next practical move.
What Is Wealth Within Your Means?
Building wealth should not require pretending to be further ahead than you are.
Wealth Within Your Means is about learning how to build from your current financial position while creating more stability, ownership and opportunity over time. It means understanding the difference between looking wealthy and becoming financially secure, qualifying for something and comfortably affording it, making money and keeping it, and owning things and owning assets.
What You’ll Explore
Planned areas of conversation may include:
- Budgeting, cash flow and saving
- Credit and debt management
- Increasing income and entrepreneurship
- Homeownership and real estate
- Investing and long-term financial goals
- Taxes and financial planning
- Estate planning and asset protection
- Family finances and generational wealth
Additional program, speaker and session details will be announced as they are confirmed.
What Makes This Experience Different?
You can find financial information online. The Symposium brings that information into a real-life setting where you can gain context, hear different perspectives, ask stronger questions and connect with people who understand the decisions you are trying to make.
The experience may include expert-led conversations, educational panels or workshops, practical resources, community partners, vendors and networking opportunities.
The goal is not for you to leave with more information to save for later. The goal is for you to leave with greater clarity about what to do next.
Who Should Attend?
This event is for you if you are:
- Saving your first emergency fund
- Working on your credit or paying down debt
- Trying to increase your income
- Preparing to purchase a home
- Starting or growing a business
- Learning how investing works
- Protecting property, a business or other assets
- Planning for your children or future generations
- Ready to become more intentional with your money
You do not need to already be wealthy, financially perfect or familiar with every financial term to belong in this room.
Be in the room November 27. Save your seat for the conversation and come build with us.
Event venue & nearby stays
UIC Forum, 1213 South Halsted Street, Chicago, United States
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