The guests

The people the show is about

Principals, next-generation leaders and the advisers who serve them, many drawn from Mike's own peer community.

51 guests

Matina Agio

Personal inheritance consultant, the Inheritance Muse
Stories & Values

Carl Bates

Founding partner of Sirdar, Africa; second generation in his family's New Zealand property business
GovernanceG2

Tiho Brkan

Guest
Family Office

Spencer Burke

Principal, The St. Louis Trust Company; lecturer in family business, Olin Business School
GovernanceG3

Julie Charlestein

CEO of Premier Dental; fourth generation and the first woman to lead it
SuccessionG4

Aaron Chin

Second generation, CEO of Organika, Canada
SuccessionG2

Anthony R Contrucci

President of First Bancshares, holding company of Centier Bank; fifth generation, Schrage family
GovernanceG5

Tim Cosulich

Sixth generation, Fratelli Cosulich, Italian shipping group founded in 1857
GovernanceG6

Paolo Delgado

Fourth generation, managing director of the Delgado Brothers Group, Philippines
GovernanceG4

Coventry (Covie) Edwards-Pitt

Partner and Chief Wealth Advisory Officer, Ballentine Partners; author of Raised Healthy, Wealthy & Wise
Next Generation

Richard Eu

Fourth generation, Eu Yan Sang, Singapore
GovernanceG4

Peter Evans

Adviser to legacy families; former president of the Laird Norton family enterprise
GovernanceG7+

Richard Eyre

Author, with Linda Eyre, of Teaching Your Children Values
Next Generation

Bradley J Franc

Attorney, The Succession Coach; author of The Succession Solution
Succession

Ginny Gilder

Olympic silver medallist; runs Gilder Office for Growth; co-owner of the Seattle Storm
Family OfficeG2

Gautam Goel

Fourth generation, managing director of Dhampur International, Dhampur Sugar Mills, India
SuccessionG4

Jonathan Goldhill

Coach to family businesses and fourth-generation inheritor; author of Disruptive Successor
Stories & ValuesG4

Jeff Gould

Founder of Lineage Asset Advisors, real estate advisers to families across generations
Succession

Emily Griffiths-Hamilton

Chartered accountant and family enterprise adviser; former co-owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Grizzlies
Family Office

Ben Grossman

Fourth generation, co-president of Grossman Marketing Group
SuccessionG4

Val Hollingsworth

President and CEO of Hollingsworth & Vose
GovernanceG7+

Annie Hollingsworth

Sixth generation, director of Hollingsworth & Vose
GovernanceG7+

George Isaac

Founder of GAI Capital; former third-generation CEO of the Isaac family businesses, Ohio
SuccessionG4

James (Jay) E. Hughes, Jr.

Author of Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family; retired lawyer to families worldwide
Stories & Values

Moses Kagan

Adaptive Realty, Los Angeles: buys apartment buildings to hold for the long term
Governance

Crystal Lam

Managing director and second generation, Vinawood, Vietnam
SuccessionG2

Sean Lang

Fifth generation; former CEO and executive chairman of Ainsworth Pet Nutrition
SuccessionG5

Berry Liberman

Co-founder and creative director of Small Giants; publisher of Dumbo Feather
Family Office

Caroline Link

Fourth generation, B.Grimm, Thailand
SuccessionG4

Denise Logan

Author of The Seller's Journey, known as The Seller Whisperer
Succession

Ashok Melwani

Singapore-based entrepreneur, executive coach, and guide to the road less travelled
SuccessionG4

Fred Mouawad

Fourth-generation co-guardian of Mouawad; founder of Synergia One
GovernanceG4

Khalid Muhmood

Founder of Dragonfly Education Group; co-founder of Apollo English and British University Vietnam
Governance

Dato’ Loy Teik Ngan

Built Taylor's Education Group, Malaysia; President of the Board, FBN Asia
Governance

Scott Peppet

President of Chai Trust Company, the Zell family office; Sam Zell's son-in-law
Family OfficeG2

Mitzi Perdue

Matriarch of the Henderson (Sheraton) and Perdue families; founder of the family wine grape business
Stories & Values

Jim Grubman, PhD

Family wealth consultant; author of Strangers in Paradise and, with Dennis Jaffe, Cross Cultures
Next Generation

Adii Pienaar

First-generation founder of WooThemes and Conversio; author of Life Profitability
Family OfficeG1

Joe Pohlen

Owner of Cardinal Senior Management, assisted living communities in the US
Stories & Values

Chris Powers

Founder and executive chairman of Fort Capital; host of The FORT podcast
Next Generation

Srinath Rajam

Fourth generation, TVS family; chairman and CEO of Kwik Patch, India
GovernanceG4

Frazer Rice

Regional Director, Pendleton Square Trust Company; author of Wealth, Actually
Family Office

Rob Robson

Founder of OneHarvest, Australia
Governance

Juan Carlos Salame

Third generation, co-leads his family's Ecuadorian retail and credit business, founded in 1944
SuccessionG3

Jim Sheils

Real estate entrepreneur; author of The Family Board Meeting and founder of 18 Summers
Next Generation

Dave Specht

Director, Global Family Business Institute at the Drucker School; author of The Family Business Whisperer
Governance

Vicki TenHaken

Professor of management, Hope College; author of Lessons from Century Club Companies
Stories & Values

Jim Warner

Founder of OnCourse International; author and coach to families in transition
Governance

Paul Warner

Facilitator and coach to rising-generation family members; works alongside his father, Jim Warner
Governance

Jeff Watters

Former president and CEO of Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, its first non-family CEO
SuccessionG5

Dave Whorton

Founder of Tugboat Institute; earlier founded Good Technology and Drugstore.com
Stories & Values