People
Persons of the Week: The Laird family – running an American business older than the US
With the US about to celebrate its 250th birthday, it’s fitting to honour the owners of a family business…
Converting the family business into a family office, and preparing the next gen
Balmoral Group, a diversified family business, says it is restructuring into a family office following…
Person of the Week: Dennis Jaffe – the sage of family enterprises
Few people in the world of family enterprise advice would disagree that Dennis Jaffe deserves the title…
Person of the Week: Yvan Vindevogel – the consumer healthcare king
Yvan Vindevogel isn’t a name particularly well known in the business world, or at least outside Belgium.
Person of the Week: Peter Leach – a family enterprise pro gets the recognition he deserves
Peter Leach was recently recognised as one of the world’s top family enterprise advisors by the Institute…
SpaceX investor sets up family office
An early investor in SpaceX, Palantir, and OpenAI has announced that he is setting up his own family…
Banjo Yamauchi – his “mind-blowing” family office makes a mind-blowing investment
Banjo Yamauchi, a descendant of Nintendo founder Fusajiro Yamauchi, said that when his family founded…
The brothers Johnston, their AI companies, and family enterprises
Fortune is smiling on twin brothers Philip and Adrian Johnston, British founders of two separate AI companies, …
Snipers Alley – and family enterprise leaders
Snipers Alley, the allegory for when health issues begin to “pick off” individuals in their 60s,…
Person of the Week: Byron Allen – and the growing power of African American-owned family offices
Byron Allen, comedian, businessman, and investor, made the headlines this week with his acquisition of…
University of Chicago’s business school hires top advisor for its family office initiative
The University of Chicago Booth School of Management's continuing efforts to become an outstanding centre…
One of Europe’s biggest family offices lays down its intentions with two big advisory hires
Kirkbi, the family investment group of the Kristiansen dynasty, has made two major hires, signalling…
Stein Erik Hagen 1956-2026
Stein Erik Hagen, who died aged 69, built one of the most impressive family-owned holding and investment…