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John A. Davis

Globally-recognized authority and advisor on family business and family wealth.

Dr. John A. Davis is a globally-recognized authority, academic and researcher on family business and family wealth. As Chairman and Founder of Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, the preeminent family business advisory firm, education and research institute devoted to multigenerational family enterprises, he has served as a trusted advisor to the world’s largest family-owned companies for more than 40 years. Dr. Davis teaches and advises the world’s leading business families on long-term success, leadership and succession, corporate and family governance, talent strategies, ownership strategies, shareholder relationships, and strategies for owning and leading a family enterprise in the 21st Century, particularly in this era of disruptive change. Dr. Davis is a renowned academic and pioneer of the family business field. A faculty member at Harvard Business School (HBS) for more than 20 years, he established the family business management area at HBS and is founding chair of its Families in Business flagship executive program. He has taught and chaired executive programs, custom management programs and MBA courses on leadership, family business success, change management, and life planning. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences around the world such as the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review. He also co-authored the field-defining work, Generation to Generation, and a library of case studies, articles, and books on family business. Learn more about Dr. Davis at johndavis.com, on Twitter at @ProfJohnDavis, and on LinkedIn.