Srinath Rajam - Separating the Family Conglomerate After 111 Years

Episode  |  3 April 2022  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 39 secs

4th generation, amicable separation, conglomerate, family business, family enterprise, g4, india, next generation, separation, ypo

Srinath Rajam is a Director at TVS & Sons, Chairman at Kwik Patch, and one of the four sons of the high profile TVS group of companies. The TVS Group is a long-standing family business, running for over 110 years, which has interests in everything from auto components through to finance. Now after over a century in business, the TVS group has decided to amicably separate. Srinath talks about this historical event and how by keeping it amicable, it sets the stage for the next phase of growth.

Ben Grossman - Co-President Siblings Stewarding a 111 Year Old Family Business

Episode  |  12 April 2021  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 43 secs

4th generation, family business, g4, legacy, marketing services, massachusetts, public service, usa

Ben Grossman is the co-leader of his family’s 4th-generation family business, Grossman Marketing Group, where he enjoys focusing on acquisitions and sustainability projects, among other things. 111 years since its founding, Ben Grossman, along with his brother, David, are the 4th generation of family leadership. Today, the company is a full-service resource helping clients with a broad range of traditional and digital marketing needs.

Julie Charlestein - The First Woman & 4th Generation Charlestein to Lead Premier Dental

Episode  |  22 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 5 secs

4th generation, dental, fourth generation, g4, global, manufacturing company, ownership & control, ypo

Julie Charlestein is the CEO and president of Premier Dental Products Company, a global dental development and manufacturing business innovating new solutions to meet the evolving needs of dentistry.

Ashok Melwani - Negotiating an Exit From the 4th Generation Family Business [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  11 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 59 secs

4th generation, coach, entrepreneur, family business, food & beverage, fourth generation, g4, hospitality, india, singapore, ypo

In 1982, he joined the business full-time, working his way up from brand manager to an executive director of the 4th generation Indian family business. He's a seasoned entrepreneur with decades of experience in retail, food & beverage and distribution, and now an executive coach.

Ashok is a guide to the road less travelled. His story is a facinating journey of a struggle to leave the family business and ultimately forge his own path.

George Isaac - Family Business Consultant, Board Advisor & Prior CEO of Isaac Family Businesses [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  4 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  46 mins 56 secs

4th generation, advisor, author, family business, fourth generation, g4, serial entrepreneurship, usa, ypo

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.

Gautam Goel - 4th Generation Steward of Dhampur Sugar Mills [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  28 December 2020  |  Season 1  |  49 mins 50 secs

4th generation, business legacy, ethanol, fourth generation, g4, india, pruning, renewable power, sugar, ypo

Gautam Goel is the fourth generation Managing Director of Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd, one of the leading integrated sugarcane processing companies in India.

Jonathan Goldhill - 4th Generation Inheritor, Coach & Author of Disruptive Successor [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  30 November 2020  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 52 secs

4th generation, author, coach, disruptive successor, family business, family historian, family wealth, fourth generation, g4, inheritor, trust fund, usa

Jonathan Goldhill is an Experienced Coach to Entrepreneurs and Family-Owned Businesses. He states that the dwindling chances of multigenerational success are due in large part to the issues unique to family businesses that are often wrapped up in a tightly woven knot of unspoken plans.

Caroline Link - 4th Generation Heir to B.Grimm, one of Thailand’s Oldest Business Institutions [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  16 November 2020  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 52 secs

4th generation, contribution, empowerment, family-owned, forum, fourth generation, g4, german, healthcare, industrial, innovation, insead, thailand, ypo

Caroline Link is a 4th generation family member who is being groomed to run B.Grimm, one of Thailand’s oldest family-owned industrial conglomerates. Caroline grew up in a family where the common driving value and belief was to conduct business with compassion and in harmony with nature.

Richard Eu - Family Politics, Consolidating Power, Going Public & Taking Private [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  9 November 2020  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 44 secs

4th generation, china, entrepreneur of the year, family governance, fbn, fourth generation, g4, singapore, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, ypo

Richard Eu is a fourth-generation Eu. One of the family's last remaining businesses, Eu Yan Sang, a network of Traditional Chinese Medicine dispensaries, was founded by Richard Eu's great-grandfather Eu Kong and the family's fifth generation are still in the business today. This is a gripping story of family politics, loss of control, re-consolidation, an IPO, and ultimately privatisation of the family firm once again.

Paolo Delgado - 4th Generation Filipino Pioneering Innovation in Logistics & Agriculture [The Business of Family]

Episode  |  14 September 2020  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 51 secs

4th generation, documenting history, family archives, family charter, family meetings, fourth generation, g4, logistics, philippines, pruning, stewardship, vertical farming, ypo

Paolo Delgado is the 4th generation Managing Director of the Philippines based Delgado Brothers Group, the largest fully integrated logistics and transport operator in the country.