Symond remains the Chairman of Aussie with his nephew James Symond, the Chief Executive Officer. Symond has two children, Stephen and Deborah. He has been involved with numerous organisations such as Jeans for Genes and is a former chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust. Symond has been married to Amber McDonald since February 2016. He has a substantial collection of Australian art deco and contemporary art including works of Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan. In 2017 he took delivery of a Dutch built Feadship named "Hasna", believed to have cost more than $100 million. Symond built a palatial home called "Wingadal" in the Sydney suburb of Point Piper that is now estimated to be worth over $100 million. He put it on the market in 2016 but withdrew it two months later in 2017. , "The Australian Financial Review" assessed Symond's net worth as 638 million, as published in the Financial Review Rich List 2019. In 2002, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. In 2004, he was inducted into the Australian Banking and Finance Magazine's Hall of Fame in May 2004 – the first non-banker to be admitted. In August 2011, he was listed eighth in a poll by "The Australian Financial Review" of the most influential business, economic and political leaders of the past 60 years. In August 2012, he was named Australian Father of the Year. In July 2013 he was honoured with the 2013 Gold Harold Humanitarian Award, at the sixth annual Gold Harold Awards, for his ongoing philanthropic interest in children's causes and charities.