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Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D.

Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D.

Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D., has been a leading architect of the field of family enterprise consulting and is an acclaimed speaker and workshop leader in programs for business families and financial service firms. Dennis is a research associate at Wise Counsel Research, and leads their 100-Year Family Enterprise Research Program. He is also Family Business Scholar at the Smith Family Business Program at Cornell University, a faculty advisor at the Ultra High Net Worth Institute, and a regular contributor to Forbes Leadership channel reporting on cross-generational family business and wealth. His new book is Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises (Wiley, 2020). Dennis T. Jaffe is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. He can be found on LinkedIn.
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What Successful Family Businesses Do to Survive Beyond the “Three Generation Curse”

CEO AdvisoryDennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D.
Family businesses remain a ubiquitous social institution throughout the world. At the same time, few succeed in surviving beyond the 100-year threshold. A version of the adage, “Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations,” spans cultures and languages to describe a marked pattern whereby one generation makes the wealth,...