The Family Business Network (FBN) is the world’s leading organization of business families. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Lausanne, FBN is a federation of 32 Member Associations spanning 65 countries. A vibrant community, FBN brings together more than 4,000 business families – encompassing 17,000 individual members of which 6,400 are Next Generation (between 18 and 40 years old).
The purpose of FBN is to enable business families to thrive and transform across generations to build a sustainable future. FBN offers business families a safe space to learn from, share with and inspire each other, about how to guide the family involvement in the business, facilitate relationships within the family and raise the awareness and importance of family business models in society.