Holiday 2026 · Picked by FundOpsHQ editors
158 gifts for GPs, LPs and the firms that serve them
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158 gifts
Desk & office
15
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$85
Under $100Small makerA machined rollerball with a six-sided barrel that will not roll off a conference table mid-markup.
Image: Craighill Craighill · New York
$70
Under $100Small makerA solid steel letter opener with real weight. For the person who still opens the K-1 envelopes by hand.
Image: Craighill Craighill · New York
$128from
Small makerBrass and steel objects for a desk that already has everything: considered, heavy and quiet.
Image: Ugmonk Ugmonk
$69
Under $100Small makerA walnut card holder and index cards for three priorities a day. The antidote to a 40-tab tracker.
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$55
Under $100Small makerA modular tray that turns a drift of pens, chargers and business cards into something orderly.
Image: Appointed Appointed · Washington, DC
$42
Under $100Small makerCloth-bound, made in Washington, DC, and laid out for the week that runs from Monday call to Friday close.
Image: Appointed Appointed · Washington, DC
$34
Under $100Small makerA desk calendar with enough white space to pencil in fundraise milestones and quarter-end dates.
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$36
Under $100Small makerA substantial hardcover notebook for the meeting notes that should outlive the deal.
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$148
Small makerPen, notebook and case in one box: a complete gift that needs no assembling.
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$95
Under $100Small makerA leather sleeve for a notebook and pen that looks right on a boardroom table.
Image: Studio Neat Studio Neat
$85
Under $100Small makerA stainless steel pen that takes almost any refill. It will be the last pen they buy.
Image: Ugmonk Ugmonk
$179
Small makerA leather discbound journal whose pages can be added, moved and pulled. Built to be refilled for years.
Image: Orbitkey Orbitkey
$99.90
Under $100A leather-look desk mat with a hidden sleeve for loose papers and a magnetic cable holder.
Image: Orbitkey Orbitkey
$124.90
A portable desk organizer with movable dividers and a built-in wireless charger.
Image: Twelve South Twelve South · Charleston
$39.99
Under $100Small makerStands a closed laptop on its edge beside a monitor, freeing half a desk. From a small Charleston company.
Travel
11
Image: Monos Monos · Vancouver
$250
A slim, structured laptop briefcase from Vancouver that reads as serious at a first meeting.
Image: Monos Monos · Vancouver
$695from
An aluminum shell for the person whose diary is three cities a week through AGM season.
Image: Monos Monos · Vancouver
$95
Under $100Passport, boarding pass and cards in one slim folio, so nothing gets left at the security tray.
Image: Away Away
$378
The familiar carry-on, now with an expansion zip for the conference tote bag on the way home.
Image: Aer Aer · San Francisco
$199
Small makerA San Francisco commuter backpack with a padded laptop sleeve and enough structure for a suit day.
Image: Aer Aer · San Francisco
$269
Small makerOne bag for a four-day roadshow: opens like a suitcase, carries like a backpack.
Image: Topo Designs Topo Designs · Denver
$219
Small makerA Denver-designed carry-on backpack that holds a week of clothes and fits the overhead bin.
Image: Topo Designs Topo Designs · Denver
$149
Small makerA three-way briefcase that becomes a backpack between the airport and the hotel.
Image: BÉIS BÉIS
$108
A compact weekender with a separate shoe compartment, sized for one night at an offsite.
Image: Peak Design Peak Design
$49.95
Under $100Origami pockets for cables, adapters and a spare battery. Ends the search for the right charger in a hotel room.
Image: Orbitkey Orbitkey
$54.90
Under $100A self-standing case with fifteen pockets for the cords that otherwise migrate to the bottom of a bag.
Books
45Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
$24.22
Under $100The RJR Nabisco buyout, told as a thriller. Still the book that explains the industry to outsiders.
Image: Open Library David Carey and John E. Morris
$18.64
Under $100How one buyout firm became an asset manager. Useful history for anyone who works with large GPs.
Image: Open Library Sebastian Mallaby
$29.82
Under $100The definitive history of venture capital, and why its returns look the way they do.
Sujeet Indap and Max Frumes
$18.63
Under $100A leveraged buyout, a restructuring and a creditor fight, reported in detail. Required for anyone near credit.
Jason Kelly
$34.44
Under $100A reporter’s tour of the private equity industry: how the firms are built and how they make money.
Harry Cendrowski, Louis W. Petro, James P. Martin and Adam A. Wadecki
$107.18
A textbook, honestly. The one to give the new associate who wants the mechanics, not the legends.
Image: Open Library William N. Thorndike
$29.82
Under $100Eight chief executives who allocated capital better than their peers. A favorite of operating partners.
James B. Stewart
$22.37
Under $100The insider-trading cases of the 1980s, and a reminder of why compliance teams exist.
Connie Bruck
$18.63
Under $100Drexel Burnham and the junk bonds that paid for the first buyout boom.
Image: Open Library Sebastian Mallaby
$20.50
Under $100The history of hedge funds, written with the same rigor as the author’s later book on venture.
Image: Open Library Roger Lowenstein
$20.50
Under $100Long-Term Capital Management and the cost of leverage nobody could see.
Image: Open Library Howard Marks
$27.91
Under $100Annotated essays on risk and cycles from a credit investor’s memos. Read slowly.
Image: Open Library Howard Marks
$20.49
Under $100On knowing where you stand in the cycle, which is the whole job of a vintage-year allocator.
Edward Chancellor (editor)
$91.99
Under $100Investing through the capital cycle, from a money manager’s reports. A cult book among allocators.
Edward Chancellor
$18.64
Under $100A history of interest, which is to say a history of every discount rate in every model.
Ron Chernow
$22.37
Under $100A banking dynasty across 150 years. Long, rich and the best business history on the shelf.
Image: Open Library Ron Chernow
$24.23
Under $100The life of John D. Rockefeller. For the long flight to an annual meeting.
Image: Open Library Liaquat Ahamed
$21.44
Under $100Four central bankers and the road to the Depression. Won the Pulitzer Prize for History.
Charles D. Ellis
$22.37
Under $100How a partnership culture was built and kept. Relevant to every GP thinking about succession.
Image: Open Library John Brooks
$32.61
Under $100Twelve New Yorker pieces on corporate life from the 1960s that have not aged a day.
Image: Open Library John Brooks
$36.35
Under $100Wall Street’s bull market of the 1960s and its hangover, with a back-office crisis at its center.
Michael Lewis
$27.96
Under $100The bond-trading floor of the 1980s, from the author’s first book. Still the funniest finance book there is.
Image: Open Library Michael Lewis
$17.70
Under $100The handful of investors who saw 2008 coming, and the instruments they bet against.
Image: Open Library Andrew Ross Sorkin
$21.44
Under $100The autumn of 2008, nearly hour by hour, from inside the banks and the regulators.
Image: Open Library Gregory Zuckerman
$30.76
Under $100The story of the most successful quantitative fund. For the analyst who lives in the data.
Image: Open Library Alice Schroeder
$24.23
Under $100The authorized biography of Warren Buffett, and a very long read for the holidays.
Charles T. Munger
$16.78
Under $100Talks on judgment and mental models, in a handsome edition that sits well on a desk.
Image: Open Library Morgan Housel
$18.63
Under $100Short essays on how people actually behave with money. Easy to give, easy to finish.
Image: Open Library Morgan Housel
$27.96
Under $100What does not change in markets and in people. A good gift for a whole team.
Image: Open Library Annie Duke
$19.57
Under $100A professional poker player on deciding under uncertainty. Investment committees should read it together.
Image: Open Library Jason Zweig
$17.70
Under $100Wry definitions of finance’s favorite words. Dry, short and quotable at a closing dinner.
Image: Open Library Andrew S. Grove
$19.57
Under $100The operating manual for managers, still passed hand to hand. For the newly promoted VP.
Image: Open Library Peter F. Drucker
$18.63
Under $100A slim classic on time, decisions and contribution. Reads in an evening.
Image: Open Library Chris Voss with Tahl Raz
$32.62
Under $100Negotiation from a former FBI hostage negotiator. Useful well before the side-letter stage.
Image: Open Library Ben Horowitz
$30.29
Under $100A founder’s account of running a company through bad quarters. Honest about the unglamorous parts.
Jimmy Soni
$20.49
Under $100The early years of PayPal and the people who went on to start and fund much of Silicon Valley.
Image: Open Library Chris Miller
$19.57
Under $100How semiconductors became the world’s most contested supply chain. Context for every tech deal.
Image: Open Library John Carreyrou
$19.57
Under $100The Theranos investigation. A case study in diligence that should have been done.
Image: Open Library Phil Knight
$18.64
Under $100A founder memoir about financing a company that is always one bank meeting from running out of cash.
Image: Open Library Brad Stone
$20.49
Under $100How a long-term operator compounds. A case study that every growth-equity team cites.
Image: Open Library Niall Ferguson
$19.57
Under $100A brisk financial history of the world, from Mesopotamian credit to modern markets.
Image: Open Library Burton G. Malkiel
$20.49
Under $100The standard case for index investing, in its latest edition. A counterpoint worth knowing.
Image: Open Library Hernan Diaz
$15.84
Under $100A Pulitzer-winning novel about a 1920s financier, told four ways. The best fiction about money in years.
Tom Wolfe
$23.30
Under $100The great 1980s New York novel of a bond salesman’s fall. Still sharp.
Image: Open Library Robert Iger
$31.69
Under $100A chief executive on acquisitions and integration, from the buyer’s side of the table.
Food & drink
20
Image: Rancho Gordo Rancho Gordo · Napa
$65.95
Under $100Small makerHeirloom beans from Napa, the kind chefs build menus around. A gift that turns into a dinner.
Image: Diaspora Co. Diaspora Co. · Oakland
$67
Under $100Small makerSingle-origin spices from an Oakland company that pays its farm partners well above market.
Image: Diaspora Co. Diaspora Co. · Oakland
$35
Under $100Small makerEverything to make real masala chai at home, in a box that ships flat.
Image: Burlap & Barrel Burlap & Barrel · New York
$112.99
Small makerSingle-origin spices from a Queens company that buys direct from farmers. Upgrades every holiday meal.
Image: Brightland Brightland · Los Angeles
$89
Under $100Small makerTwo California olive oils, one grassy and one peppery, in bottles nobody hides in a cupboard.
Image: Brightland Brightland · Los Angeles
$110
Small makerOlive oil and champagne vinegar dressed for the season. A host gift that gets used.
Image: Jacobsen Salt Co. Jacobsen Salt Co. · Portland
$95
Under $100Small makerFlake salt harvested on the Oregon coast, plus the infused salts that make it a set.
Image: Fly By Jing Fly By Jing · Los Angeles
$52.50
Under $100Small makerThe Los Angeles chili crisp that converted a generation of desk lunches, with its sister sauces.
Image: Runamok Maple Runamok Maple · Vermont
$69.95
Under $100Small makerInfused and barrel-aged Vermont maple syrups in a limited box, shipped free to the door.
Image: Dandelion Chocolate Dandelion Chocolate · San Francisco
$68
Under $100Small makerSingle-origin bars from a San Francisco bean-to-bar maker, wrapped and ready to hand over.
Image: Dandelion Chocolate Dandelion Chocolate · San Francisco
$52
Under $100Small makerSoft caramels made with the house chocolate. Gone by the end of the first afternoon.
Image: Askinosie Chocolate Askinosie Chocolate · Springfield, MO
$60
Under $100Small makerFive bars and a tasting guide from a Missouri maker that shares profits with its cocoa farmers.
Image: Vosges Haut-Chocolat Vosges Haut-Chocolat · Chicago
$95
Under $100Small makerA Chicago chocolatier’s winter box of bars and truffles. Elegant without being stiff.
Image: Taza Chocolate Taza Chocolate · Boston
$27
Under $100Small makerStone-ground chocolate from Somerville, rustic and bright. Four seasonal bars in one bundle.
Image: Counter Culture Coffee Counter Culture Coffee · Durham
$117
Small makerA Durham roaster’s rotating single-origin coffees, delivered over months. Pairs with a long fundraise.
Image: Intelligentsia Intelligentsia · Chicago
$29
Under $100The Chicago roaster’s holiday coffee. A small bag that makes a good thank-you for the assistant who saved the week.
Image: Kettl Kettl · New York
$45
Under $100Small makerStone-milled matcha from a Brooklyn importer that works directly with Japanese producers.
Image: Rishi Tea Rishi Tea · Milwaukee
$120
Small makerWhisk, bowl, scoop and a tin of ceremonial matcha from a Milwaukee importer. A whole ritual in one box.
Image: Rishi Tea Rishi Tea · Milwaukee
$49
Under $100Small makerA range of loose-leaf teas for the colleague who has quietly stopped drinking coffee.
Image: Raaka Chocolate Raaka Chocolate · New York
$28
Under $100Small makerUnroasted-bean truffles from Brooklyn with a slow chili warmth. Small, unexpected and good.
Wellness
7
Image: Hyperice Hyperice
$149
A travel-size massage gun for shoulders that have carried a laptop bag through four airports.
Image: Loop Loop
$44.95
Under $100Soft earplugs designed for side sleepers. For hotel rooms above the ice machine.
Image: Loop Loop
$54.95
Under $100Earplugs with three settings, from open office to red-eye. Quiet that fits in a pocket.
Image: Manta Sleep Manta Sleep
$39
Under $100A fully blackout mask with adjustable eye cups. The difference between sleeping and not on an overnight flight.
Image: Parachute Parachute · Los Angeles
$129
A light, four-ply gauze robe for the weekend mornings that finally have no calls.
Image: D.S. & Durga D.S. & Durga · New York
$80
Under $100Small makerA Brooklyn perfumer’s roll-on that makes any scent the wearer already owns a little better.
Image: Rishi Tea Rishi Tea · Milwaukee
$95
Under $100Small makerA box of the Milwaukee importer’s best teas in sachets, for a desk drawer that needs a calmer afternoon.
Tech & gadgets
4
Image: reMarkable reMarkable
$629
A paper-like tablet for marking up drafts and decks without a screen’s glare. Includes the Marker.
Image: Fellow Fellow · San Francisco
$199.95
A San Francisco pour-over kettle that holds a set temperature. The best-looking thing on an office counter.
Image: Ember Ember
$149.95
Keeps coffee at the chosen temperature through a 90-minute call that was booked for 30.
Image: Twelve South Twelve South · Charleston
$149.99
Small makerCharges a phone, a watch and earbuds on one tidy stand. Clears the nightstand or the desk.
Style & leather
9
Image: Shinola Shinola · Detroit
$750
A Detroit-assembled watch with a clean dial. A milestone gift for a partner promotion.
Image: Tecovas Tecovas · Austin
$495
A cognac leather briefcase from Austin with Western bones and a boardroom finish.
Image: Tecovas Tecovas · Austin
$75
Under $100A plain, well-made leather billfold. Austin craft that will soften for years.
Image: Tecovas Tecovas · Austin
$95
Under $100A full-grain leather belt that works with a suit or with jeans on a Friday.
Image: Naadam Naadam · New York
$198
A thin cashmere layer for overcooled conference rooms, from a New York company that buys direct from herders.
Image: Billykirk Billykirk
$335
Small makerA roomy leather-trimmed tote made in the USA, big enough for a laptop and a weekend.
Image: Billykirk Billykirk
$60
Under $100Small makerA hand-burnished leather tray for keys, cufflinks and a watch. Can be monogrammed.
Image: Orbitkey Orbitkey
$39.90from
Under $100Turns a jangle of office, home and car keys into a quiet, flat stack.
Image: Filson Filson · Seattle
$150
A Seattle outfitter’s wool cap with ear flaps. For the LP who spends January in Davos or Park City.
Home
17
Image: Simon Pearce Simon Pearce · Vermont
$305
Small makerMouth-blown in Vermont and signed by the glassblower. Meant for the closing dinner’s best bottle.
Image: Simon Pearce Simon Pearce · Vermont
$180
Small makerTwo heavy, hand-blown tumblers in a gift box. The classic deal-closing present, done properly.
Image: Simon Pearce Simon Pearce · Vermont
$125
Small makerA hand-blown glass ornament in a gift box, textured to catch the light. A keepsake for the year a fund closed.
Image: Estelle Colored Glass Estelle Colored Glass · Charleston
$215
Small makerMouth-blown colored glassware from Charleston that makes a table look like a celebration.
Image: Heath Ceramics Heath Ceramics · San Francisco
$60
Under $100Small makerA Rim Line mug from the Sausalito pottery that has been making tableware since 1948.
Image: East Fork East Fork · Asheville
$158
Small makerFour of the Asheville pottery’s best-selling mugs. Upgrades a whole team’s coffee break.
Image: East Fork East Fork · Asheville
$68
Under $100Small makerA simple banded glass vase for a reception desk or a single stem at home.
Image: Great Jones Great Jones · New York
$250
Small makerA 6.75-quart enameled cast-iron Dutch oven from a New York cookware company. Lasts decades.
Image: Great Jones Great Jones · New York
$100
Under $100Small makerTwo nonstick half-sheet pans in good colors. For the person who cooks for the team on weekends.
Image: Material Material · New York
$84
Under $100Small makerA well-balanced chef’s knife from a New York kitchen company. The one knife most people need.
Image: Material Material · New York
$100
Under $100Small makerA board and serving pieces for a cheese plate that looks like someone planned it.
Image: Hedley & Bennett Hedley & Bennett · Los Angeles
$86
Under $100Small makerThe Los Angeles workwear apron restaurant kitchens wear, for the partner who grills at the summer offsite.
Image: Parachute Parachute · Los Angeles
$249
A substantial, textured wool throw for the sofa where the year-end reading happens.
Image: Filson Filson · Seattle
$299
A heavy Seattle wool blanket in heritage plaid. Lake house, cabin or the back of the car.
Image: D.S. & Durga D.S. & Durga · New York
$75
Under $100Small makerA Brooklyn candle that smells like a wood fire. For the apartment that does not have one.
Image: Otherland Otherland · New York
$60
Under $100Small makerThree smoky, warm candles from a New York maker. A strong default for anyone on the list.
Image: Otherland Otherland · New York
$60
Under $100Small makerA trio of candles chosen for an evening with a book. Pairs with anything in the books section.
Experiences
5U.S. Geological Survey Store
$80
Under $100A year of entry to the national parks and other federal lands. Gets used long after the holidays.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York
$120
A year’s membership at the Met. For the colleague who takes visiting LPs to the galleries.
Image: Rancho Gordo Rancho Gordo · Napa
$49.95
Under $100Small makerQuarterly boxes of rare heirloom beans from Napa. The membership serious home cooks talk about.
Image: Counter Culture Coffee Counter Culture Coffee · Durham
$105
Small makerMonths of the Durham roaster’s blends, sent to the office or home. A gift that arrives again and again.
Image: Intelligentsia Intelligentsia · Chicago
$21
Under $100Regular shipments of the Chicago roaster’s espresso series, for the person who pulls shots at home.
Team gifts
7
Image: Levain Bakery Levain Bakery · New York
$72
Under $100Small makerThe Upper West Side’s famous six-ounce cookies, shipped in a holiday tin. Gone before lunch.
Image: Levain Bakery Levain Bakery · New York
$52
Under $100Small makerA box of the seasonal flavors for a team that has earned a long afternoon break.
Image: Milk Bar Milk Bar · New York
$99
Under $100The New York bakery’s birthday cake flavors in one box, for the team that closed on someone’s birthday.
Image: Milk Bar Milk Bar · New York
$40
Under $100A dozen seasonal cake truffles, sized for passing around a deal room.
Image: Vosges Haut-Chocolat Vosges Haut-Chocolat · Chicago
$165
Small makerA stacked tower of Chicago chocolates, built for a front desk and a whole floor.
Image: Raaka Chocolate Raaka Chocolate · New York
$76
Under $100Small makerTwelve Brooklyn bars, chosen by you, so a team of twelve each gets one.
Image: Burlap & Barrel Burlap & Barrel · New York
$84.99
Under $100Small makerBaking spices for a team that brings in cookies, or a host who will.
Stocking stuffers
18
Image: Uncommon Goods Botanica
$36
Under $100Small makerA rechargeable, butane-free arc lighter in a cheerful gift box. For the candle on the closing-dinner table, minus the matches.
Image: Baronfig Baronfig · New York
$12
Under $100Small makerDot-grid index cards in a tidy box, for the person who outlines every memo by hand.
Image: Studio Neat Studio Neat
$25
Under $100Small makerA wide-grip stylus that feels like a dry-erase marker. Built for notes on a tablet.
Image: Blackwing Blackwing
$36
Under $100A dozen of the pencils writers and composers swear by, in a limited edition.
Image: Ugmonk Ugmonk
$30
Under $100Small makerA glass timer for a focused quarter hour. The quietest productivity tool there is.
Image: Craighill Craighill · New York
$30
Under $100Small makerA spiral of stainless steel that holds keys and looks better than any keyring has a right to.
Image: Appointed Appointed · Washington, DC
$28
Under $100Small makerA clean, made-in-DC wall calendar for the cube that needs one.
Image: Areaware Areaware · New York
$32
Under $100Small makerA color-gradient jigsaw from a New York design house. Hard, calming and good for the holiday week.
Image: Mike’s Hot Honey Mike’s Hot Honey · New York
$34.99
Under $100Small makerThe Brooklyn chili honey, two heats, two bottles. Improves pizza, cheese and the office fridge.
Image: Fly By Jing Fly By Jing · Los Angeles
$32.50
Under $100Small makerThree Sichuan sauces from Los Angeles in one small box. For the analyst who eats at the desk.
Image: Dandelion Chocolate Dandelion Chocolate · San Francisco
$35
Under $100Small makerSan Francisco hot chocolate warmed with chai spices. A small, very good gift.
Image: Vosges Haut-Chocolat Vosges Haut-Chocolat · Chicago
$32
Under $100Small makerA small Chicago chocolate box that fits a stocking and every gift policy.
Image: Milk Bar Milk Bar · New York
$30
Under $100A tin of the New York bakery’s butter cookies. Easy to wrap, easy to share.
Image: East Fork East Fork · Asheville
$28
Under $100Small makerAn enamel camp mug from the Asheville pottery, for a desk or a trailhead.
Image: Filson Filson · Seattle
$35
Under $100A plain knit cap from the Seattle outfitter. A good stocking default.
Image: Topo Designs Topo Designs · Denver
$39
Under $100Small makerA triangular, stand-up toiletry bag from Denver that makes hotel counters easier.
Image: Pilot Coffee Roasters Pilot Coffee Roasters · Toronto
$19
Under $100Small makerA Toronto roaster’s seasonal coffee with notes of sugar plum and milk chocolate. Ships to the US.
Image: Intelligentsia Intelligentsia · Chicago
$13
Under $100Instant espresso that is actually good. For the hotel room with a kettle and nothing else.
The $100 collection is a convenience, not advice: gift and entertainment rules differ by firm, by regulator and by recipient, so check your own policy before you send anything to a counterparty. Prices in US dollars before tax and shipping; they change. Spot a dead link or a changed price? Write to hello@fundopshq.com.