How Twitter is redefining the family-run business
In a context in which private equity is infiltrating family-run businesses, Twitter could be considered the latest rendition of the family-run firm....
July 3, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Family business • 6 min read
Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how family ownership enables long-term thinking, purpose-driven leadership, and sustainable growth across generations....
Continue readingJanuary 5, 2023 • by Arturo Bris in Family business • 4 min read
In a context in which private equity is infiltrating family-run businesses, Twitter could be considered the latest rendition of the family-run firm....
January 4, 2023 • by Alfredo De Massis, Ivan Miroshnychenko in Family business • 7 min read
A certain type of family firm showed resilience in the worst months of the COVID-19 pandemic....
December 15, 2022 • by Christina Gaw in Family business • 8 min read
Gaw Capital, a real estate investment firm, was set up by two brothers and a friend from university in 2005. Three years later, their banker sister Christina Gaw accepted an offer to...
October 7, 2022 • by Peter Vogel in Family business • 5 min read
Enterprising families need to take time to reflect on their greater purpose before setting up a family office and above all should avoid being rushed into decisions by financial institutions looking to...
September 12, 2022 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
Taking control of the family business provides new opportunities to innovate, but also to benefit from the company’s historical success and approach. However, getting the balance right can be tricky...
May 10, 2022 • by Peter Lorange in Family business • 7 min read
When deciding whether to sell your family-owned business, the choice for many families comes down to a number of factors – some of which will be uncontrollable. Peter Lorange, Emeritus Professor of...
February 25, 2022 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 1 min read
Businesses can learn from successful family businesses. Challenge your conventional thinking with this exercise....
January 21, 2022 in Family business • 3 min read
The majority of family businesses don't make it through to the next generation. Use these questions to help yours prevail....
December 1, 2021 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 4 min read
Family businesses might not spring to mind when we imagine organizations at the vanguard of digital business model innovation. But family-owned enterprises are well-equipped for this journey and offer helpful lessons for...
November 22, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Yunfei Feng, Lise Møller in Family business • 5 min read
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
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