A well-structured board is essential for the long-term success of a family business — providing strategic oversight, balancing family interests, and supporting sustainable growth. But what makes a board truly effective in a family business context?
This session explores the art and science behind...

At YPO EDGE Barcelona 2025, John Galantic, CEO of Tod’s Group and a leader behind iconic brands like Chanel, Ferrari, and Bacardi, provides rare insights into the art of leadership, brand-building, and navigating family-owned luxury businesses. Moderated by Rob Frances, this session reveals candi...

Succession is one of the most pivotal and emotionally charged transitions in a family enterprise. For a young leader to step into their role successfully, it requires both their personal growth and the leading generation’s ability to let go with confidence.

But these transitions don’t happen in ...

Wealth is not just a resource—it's an experience that must be fully understood to unlock its true potential. While it can become a source of joy, freedom, and impact, you must learn to navigate the risks before they burden you. How? We can show you.
Join us for this informative event that will ta...

Learn the secrets behind how Europe's oldest manufacturer has kept leadership within the family for centuries, and how they are approaching the unique challenge of having too few - as opposed to too many - members of the next generation to pass the company to.

Key Takeaways:
- Beretta’s Historic...

Explore how a dedication to education, personal growth, and practical experience laid the groundwork for meeting the challenges of running a family business and how that foundation prepares each generation of the company's leaders.

Key Takeaways:
- The Importance of Balance: James Ferragamo says...

Family businesses encounter distinct challenges, especially when navigating difficult conversations. Whether relating to succession planning, resolving interpersonal conflicts, or making tough decisions affecting business and family dynamics, these conversations can be emotionally charged and hig...

What is your vision for the next generation of your family business? Whether they are young or in their 40s, the opportunity to empower their entrepreneurial spirit is always present. Andrew Doust can guide you on the path forward.
 
Join us for this engaging session with Andrew Doust, founder of...

The transition of a global family business to the next generation is complex, involving not only wealth preservation, governance, and succession but also cross-border legal, tax, and cultural challenges.
Join us for a session with Zac Lucas and Scott Moore. Zac, with over 20 years in internationa...

If you frequently find yourself saying, “I can’t believe we’re still having this argument,” now is the time to turn that friction into fuel. In family businesses, ongoing frustrations and conflicts arise from a myriad of issues that wear down and exhaust team members, impeding the company's overa...

“Family businesses must focus on long-term resilience, preparing the next generation. That’s a different time horizon than quarterly earnings.” Matt Allen

The amount of information available to business families on governance continues to grow. Despite increased information, families struggle to...

Each family business springs forth from a cultural tradition that expresses the values, thinking, and behaviors of its homeland. In recent decades, affluent business families also encounter outside cultures as they travel, establish international residences, and especially, send children to other...

Smartly designed governance is often one of the greatest determinants of success when companies are faced with big decisions and challenging opportunities.

Join us for an exclusive opportunity to focus on building your own high-performing Family Business Board. We will do a deep dive into the mo...

Engaging owners and future owners, especially those not in the business, is critical for business families. Unfortunately, it is one of the hardest things to get right, but Ben Francois can take it from here.

Join us for an informational session with Ben Francois, Partner at Banyan Global Family...

Family businesses are complex entities where the roles of the family, management and ownership can be easily confused. Family governance provides a forum for constructive discussion, problem solving and making decisions about the family as it relates to the business, as well as how the business r...

Times are changing. That means business enterprises are adapting. How will you evolve your business and ensure it flourishes into a lasting family business?

Join us in this session as we share cutting-edge research with family business leaders regarding recent trends shaping future work environ...

Dividends play an important role in rewarding shareholders but must be viewed in the broader context of the shareholders’ various needs and the business’s overall capital requirements.

In this session, we will discuss the journey of setting your family business dividend policy as the business e...

Phantom stock is a way for family businesses to provide long term incentive compensation to non-family executive employees, thereby enhancing their ability to compete for talent without giving away equity. This discussion will focus on compensation mechanisms within businesses to attract, retain,...

Family businesses increasingly face challenges that incite costly rifts, divides, and disconnects. Technology, leadership styles, geographic dispersion, politics, religion, successor choice, pre-nuptial agreements, differing values, and varied mental health philosophies are just some of the preci...

We strive to give our children all that they want and need to live a productive and fulfilling life. When we’re gone, what will they treasure most from us? Our things? Or our words, our blessings, our guidance, our life lessons, our legacy, our love?

Steve Leder, the best-selling author of “Fo...

One of the most critical questions facing family businesses is how to treat the next generation. They are clearly different from other employees, as current or potential owners of the company, whose wealth and reputation are on the line. On the flip side, most parents rightfully worry that provid...

What is a family office? Do you need one? How do you determine which type of family office (embedded, single-family, multifamily, virtual) is right for you and what range of services you need?
In this session, you will learn:

What is a family office is and why or why not to have one
A frame...

Private placement life insurance (PPLI) is one of the most effective tools available to the most successful entrepreneurs to help them mitigate taxes on investment gains and address wealth transfer concerns. Using case studies, we will discuss how PPLI can be used to help facilitate a financial d...

Understanding and adapting to the next generation of family members and family office employees is more important than ever as workforces and client interaction continue to adapt and change. We will explore adapting to serve and develop the next gen family members; the family office next gen staf...