
Stephen is an Advisor, Acquirer, and Almoner.
Stephen owns several companies that help families and businesses in Internationalisation, Wealth & Asset protection and Business services.
Stephen is a Founder or partner in several investment holding companies in Housing, Energy, Food and Manufacturing.
He is also the driving force behind the social enterprise Our World Philanthropy.
Since leaving the Navy Stephen has worked in Family business, with Multinational Corporations, Investment Funds and High Net Worth Individuals to optimise, protect and grow their assets. Alongside these business endeavours Stephen has been involved in Politics from branch level to an elected members office and observing and helping with elections across multiple countries.
He has over 20+ years of experience developing and delivering strategies that improve asset optimisation and business profits. He is regarded for his ability to build relationships within businesses, initiate new business practices and strategies, while achieving the best outcome for the organisation.
Stephen is an Internationalisation advisor specialising in the global optimisation of Families and Businesses.
By using Stephen’s unique approach, you will be able to optimise, protect, grow and realise your own and your businesses full potential.
With a strong understanding of Cross Border operations and International Business has enabled Stephen to quickly implement new strategies and practices both at an international and local level.
With his first hand knowledge gained from undertaking his own internationalisation over the past 20 years, Stephen brings to his Advisory skills in Citizenship, Residency, Structures and Asset Optimisation that will optimise, protect and increase your wealth and your enterprise’s value.
Stephen seeks acquisition opportunities in mature, profitable companies, with solid management teams, where the current owners are seeking to exit. After acquiring the business Stephen works with the management team to put an optimisation and acquisition strategy in place.
Stephen is also using his acquisition skills to build an empire that supports his philanthropic endeavours, as he sees it as the only way to build sustainable social enterprises.
Stephen is an experienced Philanthopist with a keen interest as an Oceaneer exploring opportunities to research and protect the Oceans, though his social enterprise Wonders Below.
Recently Stephen has joined with the founders of Our World Philanthropy Ltd and has directed his efforts into Building the World’s Most Trusted Network of Conservation Campuses and Community Partnerships Across the Asia-Pacific.
Our World Philanthropy is building a network of integrated Research, Education and Eco-tourism Campuses around the Asia Pacific. This network of campuses focuses on the protection of the natural environment and communities in which they reside along with their attached research laboratories and vessels and specialty equipment will allow research programs to run simultaneously in several locations building a more detailed knowledge base to help further exploration and protection of the worlds natural environment and indigenous communities.


The Sovereign Capitalist is a Book by Stephen Petith that lays out a philosophy and a framework, built from close to two decades of his own personal experience and the plans he has built with clients across manufacturing, construction, real estate, engineering, resources, and private capital. It is general education, not personal legal, tax, or financial advice.
Welcome to the Sovereign Capitalist life. Let’s build yours.
