ZAPOPAN, Jalisco; October 14, 2022.- The Bachelor's Degree in Family Business Administration and Management (ADEF) of the Universidad Panamericana campus Guadalajara organized the 4th National Congress of Family Businesses: "Business and Entrepreneurial Families: creation, planning and patrimonial succession" .
4th National Congress of Family Businesses
The objective of the Congress was to create a space in which the owners and managers of the organization could learn the "how" and "what" in business practices and corporate practices for the creation, planning and protection of family and business wealth.
During this event, ADEF counted with the presence of Pedro Regueiro, one of the most renowned international family business consultants; Andrés Gutiérrez, founder and CEO of an estate planning firm based in San Diego, Miami and Mexico; Pepe Vielma, one of the most relevant private investors in the region, and partners of La Firma Capital, a company that manages family offices of multiple business families.
To start the congress, the Academic Vice Rector of the Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara, Carlos López, shared some words of reflection, stating that:
"Today in Mexico, more than 90% of companies are family-owned. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them do not make it past the first generation. Approximately 66% of these companies remain in the first generation, 30% go on to the second, 4% to the third, and 1% to the fourth or successive generations."
In his lecture "Preserving the family legacy from generation to generation", Pedro Regueiro, stated that "Leaderships are not assigned by hand, but emerge naturally at the right time, but to enable these leaderships to emerge we have to have an institutional structure that allows this leadership to emerge without conflict".
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During this Congress, topics such as the importance of corporate communication and the business family were discussed. The working groups discussed the world of private equity funds, recommendations and strategies to protect family and personal wealth, the operation of family offices and concluded with an analysis of the current economic outlook.
All this was achieved through sessions with experts on the subject and the interaction among the attendees at working tables. Likewise, there is a participant profile, which is centralized in: Entrepreneurs, Owners, Partners and Family Members involved in the family business, Managers of family businesses, Consultants and Advisors.
The role of Panamericana in this Congress plays a very important role, since it is the only University in Mexico with a degree program focused on family businesses. For this reason, it carries a great responsibility to influence the future and consolidation of these organizations.
The Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara is proud to have organized the 4th National Congress of Family Businesses and thanks the university community for their participation in this event.
