Family enterprise

We support you, your family, your business and your investments, to grow a more valuable enterprise, navigate disruptions and manage successful generational transitions.

What successful family enterprises do well is create value. Constantly. Generation after generation. They innovate and adapt at pace and at scale. They leverage the very disruptions that initially cause uncertainty into opportunities. With a nod to their heritage, they keep their eyes to the future and on the legacy they want to pass on to the next generation of leaders and to society.

As trusted advisors to 92% of the world’s largest 500 family enterprises, we are ready to support your family legacy.  

Through the EY Family Enterprise DNA Model, we support the family enterprise to focus on four strategic drivers for long-term success: business growth, company capitalization, generational transition, and stakeholder liquidity. It’s built on experience drawn from over 100 years working with family enterprises like yours.  

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How family enterprises can build ESG into investment strategies

Prioritizing sustainability in investment strategies is increasingly crucial for enhancing portfolio resilience and driving long-term value. Learn more.

06 Nov 2024 Praveen Tekchandani +1

How to propel Singapore’s growth as a family office hub

Singapore has been actively positioning itself as a global family office hub and more can be done to enhance its attractiveness. Learn more.

30 Jan 2024 Desmond Teo

How to turn risks into opportunities for value creation

Leading family enterprises master management of business risks and balance family and business dynamics to build long-term value. Learn more.

30 Nov 2023 Bek Teng Low

2023 Family Business Index

2023 EY and University of St.Gallen Family Business Index ranks the world’s largest family enterprises. Read more.

16 Jan 2023 EY Global

How single family offices are balancing tradition and transformation

As the role of single family offices evolves, how will they manage regulation, risk, technology, governance and strategy? Learn more from our research.

11 May 2022 EY Global

How NextGen decision makers can meet tomorrow’s challenges

Next generation family enterprise leaders can bring value to the board. Learn more.

11 Apr 2022 Lauri Oinaala +1

How family enterprises are embracing sustainability

Family enterprises play their role in the global sustainability agenda.

13 Dec 2021 Helena Robertsson

How the world’s largest family businesses are proving their resilience

The 2021 EY and University of St. Gallen Family Business Index tracks the world’s largest family enterprises. Read the key insights.

14 Sept 2021 Helena Robertsson

How to secure your legacy with a family office

Successful family offices seek to grow and preserve wealth as well as address issues of succession, governance and taxes.

13 Aug 2021 Helena Robertsson +2

Guiding family offices to achieve their ambitions and secure their legacy

Growing and preserving wealth and addressing issues of succession, governance and taxes are important for successful family offices. Learn more

01 Aug 2021 Desmond Teo +1

How an IPO can strengthen family businesses for generations to come

EY Private Perspectives: family businesses should consider opening doors to new sources of capital in order to build a long-lasting legacy.

25 Mar 2021 Martin Steinbach


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