"One-third of the S&P 500 companies have founding families involved in management. And those are usually the best performers...
"One of the best strategic advantages a company can have, it turns out, is blood lines."
- BusinessWeek,
November 10, 2003
Outreach Partners
Wharton MBA Family Business Club
The Wharton Family Business Club is dedicated to promoting awareness and dialogue among students interested in family business. Family business is the dominant paradigm for business worldwide, and Wharton draws a large number of students from around the world who come from family business backgrounds. The Mission of the Family Business Club is to provide a forum for Wharton Students to explore family business issues, develop ties to major family-controlled enterprises, and participate in Wharton's ongoing academic research in the area of family business.
Wharton's 81,000+ alumni are some of the world's most dynamic leaders across corporate, non-profit, and government global institutions. Wharton GFA has participated in family business panel discussions at the Wharton Alumni Forums in Moscow, Mexico City, Shanghai, Singapore, London, Santiago, Mumbai, Istanbul, and Rio de Janeiro.