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George Isaac

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

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Episode 23 · 47 min

Family Business Consultant, Board Advisor & Prior CEO of Isaac Family Businesses

The business grew in value every year, and a cousin was still eating the same hot dog for lunch. George Isaac on what owners actually receive.

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The Business Family Diagnostic · Stewardship

A diamond the family can't spend.

The business grew sixfold in eight years and paid its owners almost nothing beyond tax. Do the adults in your family understand, in broad terms, how the family's wealth is invested and why?

One of the three Stewardship statements. How true is it for your family?
“Our advisers work from one shared picture.”
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Biography

George Isaac is the founder of GAI Capital Ltd., a specialty family business consulting practice focusing on business value creation and longevity, succession planning, governance, family dynamics, and wealth management and transfer. Isaac has held roles as a family business CEO, shareholder, director, private equity investor, Deloitte management consulting partner and member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Family Business and Family Office networks.

As the Gen 3 CEO of his family’s manufacturing business, revenues grew six-fold over eight years. Later, as EVP and board and executive committee member of a public company, he participated in an industry consolidation creating a $1BB+ national operating entity. He has served on fifteen corporate boards including membership on executive, audit, compensation and investment committees for companies ranging in size from $30M to $1BB+. Isaac currently co-manages his Isaac family office, GeoZac Holdings, Ltd. and family foundation. Recently, Isaac served as advisory board chair and senior lecturer at USC’s Family Business Program.

Isaac’s passion is to work with family enterprises to help them successfully continue for multiple generations. His articles have been published by CNBC, Family Business Magazine, Directors & Boards Magazine, Trusts & Estate Journal, Tharawat Magazine, and Wealth Management, among other publications. His recent book, Your Business, Your Family, Your Legacy: Building a Multigenerational Business That Lasts has been recognized by Amazon as a #1 New Release.

Isaac holds an MBA with Distinction in Finance & Accounting and a BS Industrial & Operations Engineering from The University of Michigan.

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