BA and MA in Economics, and PhD in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Management, Wharton School. Founded and leads the Wharton Global Family Alliance (WGFA), a unique academic-family business partnership established to enhance the marketplace advantage and the social wealth creation contributions of global families through thought leadership, knowledge transfer and the sharing of ideas and best practices among influential global families. Current research and teaching interests centred on family business management, governance and finance, on venture capital and private equity investments, on the design of business models and on business strategy. Has published extensively in leading academic journals.