Advice From the Transformational Women of 2025
Here are some success strategies for women in family business, suggested by this year’s Transformational Women honorees.
Family Business Magazine - 2025 November-December Issue
Features
Transformational Women in Family Business 2025
We honor 10 accomplished women who are propelling their family enterprises into the future.
AI becomes a must for family enterprises
Morphing from cutting-edge tech to table stakes, AI is now the top strategic priority for family-owned businesses in 2025, according to a new survey. Can they find the talent to match the vision?
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Getting on the same page
For a long time, actually making paper products was but one of many ventures under the umbrella of sixth-generation Roaring Spring Paper Products. Today, the family has shed inactive shareholders and refocused on its core business, but they also haven’t forgotten the value of staying nimble.
90 years of new beginnings
There’s nothing standard issue about the trajectory of Fort Worth, Texas-based Standard Meat Company, which has left and returned to full family ownership twice. Now, with G4 firmly at the helm, they’re applying a startup mentality to furthering the family’s legacy.
Departments
60 seconds on how family councils foster family harmony
Think of a family council as preventative medicine for your enterprise.
Transcending generational wars in wealth transfer
When families stop trying to control the next generation and start talking with them about wealth, trust replaces fear.
Family businesses seek carve-outs, more certainty on tariffs
As tariffs continue to create uncertainty for family businesses, many are speaking out about the need for industry-specific revisions to the Trump Administration’s across-the-board tariff policies.
‘Stay true to yourself and your roots and people will follow you’
Brielle Freda, president of Brewster Washers in Fairfield, N.J., discusses learning leadership from her father and the importance of enjoying life.
Turning experience into sustainable performance
For family businesses, knowledge transfer is both essential and deeply nuanced.
Equalizing owners and non-owners with life insurance
How to ensure family members who do not receive an interest in the business still share in the family’s wealth.
Family First
Four generations wrapped around Scandinavian heritage
Famed Rhode Island restaurant, The Nordic, keeps diners close and family tight.
Handled with care
New Jersey-based Accurate Box Company is deliberate about transitioning from the third generation of leadership to the fourth.
Family Office
‘Philanthropy on Steroids’: Community Ventures as a Vehicle for Change
Cayley Tull is co-Founder and president of the Tullman Family Office, leading its philanthropic and political giving, social impact investments and community ventures. She talks about how the family office’s community ventures connect with their overall goals.
From Conflict to Communication: Mark Freeman, Clayton Family Office
Mark Freeman is a CPA and investment advisor for the Clayton Family Office (a single-family office supporting four generations of the Jim Clayton family) and president of the family’s private trust company. He talks about the challenging work the family has done to improve their communication and move forward together.
