DM Estate Staffing

DM Estate Staffing is a recruitment firm that places household and family office staff with private clients across the United States. Roles it fills include house managers, private chefs, nannies and estate managers, and it groups its work into domestic, household leadership, culinary, family office and yacht positions. It offers both retained and contingency search.

The firm was founded by Daniel Wood, who it says has more than 30 years of experience in hospitality and private service. It began in 2012 as Domestic | Match, serving families in the Bay Area, added Private Chef | Match in 2015, and later took the DM Estate Staffing name. Its roots are in Silicon Valley, and it says its reach is nationwide, with key markets in Aspen, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Palm Beach, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. It has an office in San Carlos, California, open by appointment only. The team reports over 70 years of collective experience in private service, luxury hospitality and yachting.