Obegi Group – Maintaining Family Values
The Obegi Group is one of a few family businesses in the region that can call themselves centenarian. The four-hundred-year Ottoman Empire had entered...
CHALHOUB GROUP – Entrepreneurial Drive and Sustainable Vision
Interview with Anthony Chalhoub and Patrick Chalhoub, Co-CEOs of Chalhoub Group
The Chalhoub Group values family, professionalism, and sustainability. As one of the leading luxury...
Nurol Holding – Visions of a Turkish Family Enterprise
Interview with Ceyda Carmikli, Nurol REIT, Turkey
The Carmikli family has been in business for as long as they can all remember. Eyüp Sabri Carmikli...
WAQF: Sustainable Benefits for the Ages – Alkhabeer Capital
ADVERTORIAL: Interview with Ammar A. Shata, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alkhabeer Capital
The Islamic Waqf (endowment) structure is a leading form of...
Family Institutions – An Opportunity for the Future
By Farida F. El Agamy, Attorney-at-Law, General Manager of Tharawat Family Business Forum
Anyone who is part of a family business knows how addressing important...
SPECIAL FEATURE: 3 Family Institution Case Studies
There are as many solutions as there are family businesses when it comes to chosing the right family institutions. The following anonymous cases are...
SPECIAL FEATURE: Family Institutions – The Realities of Implementation
Interview with Sanaa Abouzaid, MENA Corporate Governance Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Family institutions are all very well in theory. We understand their benefits and...
FAMILIES IN FINANCE: My Grandfather’s Briefcase – Story of the Meghraj Group
Interview with Binoy Meghraj, Executive Vice Chairman of Meghraj Group
Nearly one hundred years ago, Meghji Pethraj Shah left his homeland of India for East...
FAMILIES IN FINANCE: Banking on Family – The Dao Story
Interview with Nelson D. Dao, President of the Board of Supervisory Directors at Bancaribe Curacao Bank
In 1926, N.D. Dao travelled from Lebanon to Venezuela to visit...
SPOTLIGHT: The Family Businesses of China – The Old and the New
Photo by Manuel Joseph from Pexels
Interview with David Chang Co-Founding Partner, G9 China Private Office Secretary General, China Family Office Association
China’s exponential economic growth...
