Building Your Family Bank to Owning an NBA & NHL Team
Emily Griffiths-Hamilton once co-owned the Canucks and the Grizzlies. How her family bank lends to her sons, and why a sale can be a reformat.
Emily Griffiths-Hamilton
Chartered accountant and family enterprise adviser; former co-owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Grizzlies
Build Your Family Bank (book) Your Business, Your Family, Their Future (book)
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The Business Family Diagnostic · Stewardship
Two ways to borrow from the family bank.
Emily's sons can apply for a business loan or a development loan, each on written terms, and neither for a holiday. Do the adults in your family understand how its wealth is invested, and why?
“There is an up-to-date register of family assets and liabilities that the right people can see.”
Biography
Emily Griffiths-Hamilton is a chartered accountant, a family enterprise advisor, and a conflict resolution coach who brings three generations of experience to the subject of wealth and family-business transition planning.
Her maternal grandfather, veterinarian Dr. William Ballard, was one of North America’s greatest dynamic wealth creators. Her father, Frank A. Griffiths, FCA, built a highly successful sports and media empire. Griffiths-Hamilton herself has been the co-owner of a National Hockey League team, the Vancouver Canucks; a National Basketball Association franchise, the Vancouver Grizzlies; and a state-of-the-art arena.
Emily’s professional training, expertise and unique first-hand experience have given her a deep understanding of the benefits of clear, considered succession and family business transition planning.
Today, she advises individuals and families on the effective, responsible transition of wealth and family businesses over generations. Her first book, Build Your Family Bank: A Winning Vision for Multigenerational Wealth, was released in 2014 and her second book, Your Business, Your Family, Their Future: How to Ensure Your Family Enterprise Thrives for Generations was released in September 2018.
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