Welcome to the Family Business Program
Columbia Business School's Family Business Program is dedicated to supporting curriculum, research and its rich community of students, scholars and alumni related to family business management and family enterprises. Through targeted courses and extracurricular offerings, the program explores all aspects of owning, managing, and working with family businesses.
On the Road
The Global Immersion Program Nordic Family Enterprise course delves into the unique economic, political and social environment in which family businesses flourish before visiting Sweden and Denmark for a week of in-country learning. Follow the students' travels.
Tim Belk
Tim Belk, retired CEO and Chairman, Belk Inc. spoke to a large group of students, faculty, alumni and friends, at the Penn Club in New York on November 15, 2016. Part of the BBH Family Business Leadsership Speaker Series, the event focused on the sale of his family's 128-year-old business.