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Ivan Lansberg, Ph.D.
Ivan Lansberg (Senior Partner) grew up in an entrepreneurial family in Venezuela. After receiving B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, he taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Business. Ivan was a professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Organization and Management for seven years before going into consulting. He has consulted with complex family businesses in the USA, Canada, Asia, Europe and Latin America, and has made significant contributions to the understanding of family business governance and succession. He was one of the founders of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) and the first editor of its professional journal, the Family Business Review. His latest book, “Succeeding Generations,” published by Harvard Business School Press, has been widely praised as a landmark work. Ivan is a frequent speaker at family business programs organized by universities and industry groups. He is on the faculty of the Governing the Family Business Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He lives in Guilford, CT, with his wife, Margarita, and two sons.
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