1、November 2023Private Equity&Principal Investors PracticeThe secrets of outperforming family-owned businesses:How they create valueand how you can become oneFamily-owned businesses that combine four critical mindsets with five strategic actions have a chance to quadruple their value in the next decad

2、ewhile maintaining resilience.This article is a collaborative effort by Eduardo Asaf,Igor Carvalho,Acha Leke,Francesco Malatesta,and Jose Tellechea,representing views from McKinseys Private Equity&Principal Investors Practice and its Family-Owned Business Special Initiative.These days,organizations

3、across industries and geographies are doing everything they can to bounce forward from recent economic,geopolitical,and technological disruptions.For them,resilience may be a relatively new concept.For family-owned businesses(FOBs)companies in which founders or descendants hold significant share cap

4、ital or voting rightsits just business as usual.1 Regardless of what the world throws at them,many of these companies have survived and thrived over multiple decades.Some,such as Levi Strauss and Lreal,have been operating for well over a century.FOBs have long played an outsize role in the global ec

5、onomya role that often goes unnoticed or underestimated.They account for more than 70percent of global GDP,and they generate turnover of between$60 trillion and$70trillion annually.They are responsible for about 60percent of global employment,and they play a critical role in supporting education,hea

6、lthcare,and infrastructure development across their communities around the world.2McKinseys own recent research confirms FOBs adaptability,resilience,and impact:they have the structures and best practices required to withstand business challenges in uncertain times.And in general,they exhibit strong