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Hosted by R. Adam Smith · business · EN-US
The Family Business Audiocast series is a premier podcast that brings together the foremost experts from the global family office and business ecosystem. The series has quickly become one of the leading global podcasts in its field, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners and subscribers worldwide. Each episode offers an exclusive deep dive into the inner workings of family businesses and single-family offices, exploring key topics such as governance, culture, corporate strategy, growth, and mission alignment. Our conversation covers the experiences with, and the importance of, high-quality advisors, investors, partners, governance, and essential resources and vendors for family boards and owners. Founded 2022™ Created, Produced, and Owned by R. Adam Smith
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Family Business Audiocast series is a premier podcast that brings together the foremost experts from the global family office and business ecosystem. The series has quickly become one of the leading global podcasts in its field, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners and subscribers worldwide.
Family Business Audiocast is hosted by R. Adam Smith. The show has published 73 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 76: Jennifer Pendergast on Why Family Office Governance Breaks Down in the Boardroom" (14 October 2026, 45 minutes), "Episode 75: Shirl Penney on Why Advisor Independence Wins in Family Wealth Management" (30 September 2026, 52 minutes), and "Episode 74: Why Singapore Became the World's Family Office Hub, with Marleen Dieleman" (16 September 2026, 51 minutes).
Family Business Audiocast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 73 episodes.
Booking probability for Family Business Audiocast is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Family Business Audiocast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Family Business Audiocast's contact route on record: verified email.
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R. Adam Smith hosts Family Business Audiocast, a business podcast with 73 episodes published.
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Episode #76
Dr. Jennifer Pendergast joins R. Adam Smith to talk about what actually makes family business governance work, and what makes it quietly fall apart. Pendergast is an adjunct professor and consultant at Kellogg Executive...
R. Adam Smith sits down with Shirl Penney, founder and CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners, to unpack how the firm grew from a home office launch in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis into a platform supporting more...
Dr. Marleen Dieleman, Peter Lange Professor of Family Business at IMD Business School, joins R. Adam Smith to explore how authority and fairness actually get tested inside business families. Drawing on decades of...
R. Adam Smith welcomes Peter Moustakerski, CEO of Family Office Exchange (FOX), for a conversation on how enterprise families grow more complex, and more successful, across generations. Peter walks through FOX's...
R. Adam Smith is joined by Dr. Rebecca Gooch, Global Head of Insights at Deloitte Private, for a data-rich look at the modern family enterprise. Rebecca shares research on the rapid growth of single family offices...
This episode of the Family Business Audiocast brings together three veteran advisors to rethink the traditional Chief Investment Officer role inside family enterprises. Jane Siebels, a longtime advisor to family...
Josh Baron, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and co-founder of Banyan Global Family Business Advisors, joins R. Adam Smith to explore why the field has moved beyond succession planning toward something...
Tom McCullough, founder and Chairman of Northwood Family Office, joins R. Adam Smith to unpack what a full-service family office actually does and why so few families know where to begin. Drawing on four decades in...
Susan R. Schoenfeld, JD, LLM, CPA, MBA, CEO and founder of Wealth Legacy Advisors, joins R. Adam Smith to explore the human dimensions of multigenerational wealth. Drawing on a career that spans tax law, trust...
Dennis Jaffe — organizational psychologist, senior research fellow at Banyan Global, and one of the founding voices in family enterprise consulting — joins R. Adam Smith to explore why succession so often stalls between...
Stephan Gerwert, Head of Family Office Services at PwC Deutschland, joins R. Adam Smith for a wide-ranging conversation on what it takes to build and sustain a modern family office — particularly within Germany's...
Episode #64
Luke Jernagan, Director of Family Learning and Culture at Matter Family Office, joins R. Adam Smith for a conversation about the relational and human dimensions of managing multi-generational wealth. Luke traces his...
Episode #63
Amy Griman — founder of Delta Creative Group and former global president of the BMO Family Office — joins R. Adam Smith to explore what she calls the readiness gap: the distance between technically sound estate and...
Kelly Pollock, CEO of the Burgess Family Foundation, and Betsy Cohen, philanthropic futurist and founder of FutureGood, join R. Adam Smith for a wide-ranging conversation on strategic philanthropy, community impact, and...
Philip Marcovici — international tax lawyer, author, and advisor to ultra-high-net-worth families — joins R. Adam Smith to explore what it takes for a family enterprise to endure across generations. Drawing on decades...
James Rosebush — Reagan White House veteran, author, and family office advisor — draws direct lines between presidential leadership and multigenerational stewardship. Having worked alongside Reagan as Chief of Staff to...
Episode #59
Emily Balentine Barbour, Partner and Head of Client Engagement and Family Legacy at Balentine, shares her unique perspective as a third-generation member of an Atlanta-based wealth management firm. The conversation...
Jeremy Cheng, Principal at Lansberg Gersick Advisors, shares his approach to building learning capacity for enterprise families across Asia and beyond. Broadcasting from Hong Kong, Jeremy discusses the evolution of...
David Werdiger returns to discuss his Power of Pause Institute and the concept of time as a critical leadership asset. Drawing from his experience as a second-generation family business enterprise member and decades...
Dr. Jan-Philipp Ahrens, leading scholar at the University of Mannheim, discusses his groundbreaking research at the intersection of family enterprise, artificial intelligence, and sustainability. As a fifth-generation...
Recent guests on Family Business Audiocast. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
CEO and Founder, Dynasty Financial Partners
Author, Consultant, Professor and Global Family Business Consultant, Banyan Global Family Business Advisors
family business consultant and author, Family Business Magazine
Jungian analyst and writer, Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp.
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