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INSEAD Family BusinessAuthor: Martin Roll
Family businesses are the backbone of economies around the world comprising the majority of all companies, 70% of global GDP and 60% of global employment. We explore the stories, challenges, and successes of global family businesses and the people behind them. Join editor & host Martin Roll as his featured guests share their inspiring stories and insights about the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. He is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company focusing on global family business & family office topics. The podcast aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster the long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Topics will also include governance, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, family office, business in society and more. Read more about us: INSEAD Business School Language: en-us Genres: Business, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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From Clocks to Circuits: Reinventing a 175-Year Family Legacy
Episode 14
Sunday, 7 December, 2025
Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer is CEO of Schweizer World Group and is sixth generation of the business family. The Schweizer family has entrepreneurial roots in Germany that go back to 1849. Schweizer World Group is a portfolio management company and a family office. It is also the Schweizer family’s international corporate venture capital and private equity arm comprising 34 companies. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer has been the CEO of the family’s operating company Schweizer Electronic for 10 years as well as serving on the board. She used to work in the aviation industry, is a certified pilot and has been a type rating examiner on the Falcon 2000 aircraft. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer holds board positions in various non-family related businesses worldwide and is mentoring startups, SMEs and individuals. She is based in Singapore. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer shares her inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, manage family dynamics, create next generation journeys, structure family governance, and make strategic choices to safeguard the family legacy in a dynamic global environment. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learns from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family EnterpriseAbout our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the WorldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
