Ellen Mannaert has established The Wealth Room, a community addressing the financial needs of women entrepreneurs in the UAE and beyond. Its first gathering in Dubai focused on ownership, investment and protecting the wealth founders build.
Women founders, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals attended the inaugural session. Dr Sheikha Ayesha Bint Saud Al Qassimi joined as guest of honour, according to Gulf Today’s report.
Ellen Mannaert Puts Ownership On The Agenda
Mannaert is an entrepreneur, investor and founder of Era Of You. That community centres on the belief that women building businesses should not have to navigate growth alone.
The Wealth Room is an exclusive community for women founders. Ellen Mannaert said the gathering was intended to provide more than motivation or another networking event.
“The panel discussions were essential. Not because anyone needed motivation to build. They’re already building,” she said.
She described the need for participants to feel comfortable asking about equity and company structures. Her focus included understanding what founders give up and how to keep wealth in their hands.
Ellen Mannaert also stressed mentoring the next woman and sharing knowledge to open doors for others. Her Forward’s coverage of mentor advice for women entrepreneurs offers related reading on that theme.
Founders Discuss Capital And Company Structures
Participants discussed raising capital, how equity works and what dilution can mean for founders. They also examined how ownership can change as a company grows.
The discussions addressed legal and financial structures surrounding wealth. The emphasis was on practical decisions entrepreneurs encounter while scaling businesses and working with investors.
Participants explored cap tables and dilution, alongside legal and corporate structures intended to protect what founders create. The discussion concerned decisions with potential long-term implications for businesses they have built.
Related coverage includes Sensori’s fundraising and ownership choices. That separate story follows founders who sought funding while retaining control.
Knowledge And Access Beyond Inspiration
Ellen Mannaert said women building businesses need knowledge, access and confidence to ask difficult questions about money. She also identified ownership and investment as subjects requiring open discussion.
She described a need for environments where women at different stages can share their experience. The gathering brought those questions into conversations about fundraising, business growth and lasting wealth.
For Mannaert, the intended exchange includes founders explaining what they know and what another woman needs to know. The approach connects financial discussion with mentoring and opportunities to share access.
Her Forward has also reported on Network She’s business community plans. That coverage offers a separate example of women’s networks extending their business support.
The source described an event focused on understanding, creating and protecting wealth. These subjects framed the inaugural gathering’s discussion of money, ownership and investment.
London And Miami Gatherings In Development
Ellen Mannaert said the initiative is intended to extend beyond the UAE. Future gatherings are being developed in London and Miami.
The broader ambition is an international network of women founders exchanging knowledge, experience and access across markets. Those planned gatherings would extend the conversations begun at the first Wealth Room in Dubai.
