Center for Women & Wealth

Supporting women as they create and manage wealth

Cultivating a community of women

The Center for Women and Wealth® (CW&W) is committed to engaging and supporting women as they create and manage wealth. We provide women with investment, planning and philanthropic resources derived from decades of experience through work with our Private Banking clients. The CW&W aims to cultivate a community, in person and online, where women can share experiences with each other and give advice to new generations of female leaders.

Women & Wealth Magazine Fall Issue 2022

In this issue of Women & Wealth Magazine, we explore how to develop leaders in family businesses, examine how to make hybrid work successful for everyone and look at how we can foster motivation in those we love.
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Our Latest Insights

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    Ten Strategies for Raising Kids with Wealth

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    Female Finance Firsts: A Celebration of Women in Finance

  • Portraits of Adrienne Penta and Ben Persofsky in front of a wooden bridge at night

    Video Series: Creating Inclusive Pathways for Next Generation Leaders in Family Businesses

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    Resilient Estate Planning in the Face of Unexpected Life Events

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    Five Pieces of Advice from a Professional Trustee to New Beneficiaries

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    Finding True North: Defining Charitable Mission to Guide Your Philanthropy

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Overview of Family Business

  • 35% of Fortune 500 companies are family-controlled
  • Family firms comprise 90% of all business enterprises in North America
  • 89% of North American family businesses engage in social responsibility activities
    • 77% contribute to their local community
    • 63% are involved in traditional philanthropy and grant-based giving
  • 34% of U.S. family businesses have a robust, documented and communicated succession plan in place
  • Decisions about succession take place earlier if the next family business leader is female

Focusing In on Women in Family Business

  • Just 5% of large family businesses have a female CEO, vs. 8% of Fortune Global 500 companies
  • Large family firms with a woman on board: 31% in 2021 vs. 16% in 2014
  • 70% of the largest family businesses are considering a woman as their next CEO, with 30% strongly considering it
  • Family businesses are grooming an average of four women for top leadership positions: one family member and three non-family members
  • Female-owned family firms experience greater family loyalty to the business, agreement with its goals, and pride in the business
  • Woman-owned family firms have a 40% lower rate of family member attrition in the business

 

Past Issues of Women & Wealth Magazine

  • Full cover of the Summer 2022 issue of Women and Wealth Magazine

    Women & Wealth Magazine Summer Issue 2022

  • Full cover of the Spring 2022 issue of Women and Wealth Magazine

    Women & Wealth Magazine Spring Issue 2022

  • Full cover of the fall 2021 issue of Women and Wealth Magazine

    Women & Wealth Magazine Fall Issue 2021

  • Full cover of the summer 2021 issue of Women and Wealth Magazine

    Women & Wealth Magazine Summer Issue 2021

  • Women-Wealth-spring-2021

    Women & Wealth Magazine Spring Issue 2021

  • Women & Wealth Magazine Winter Issue 2021

    Women & Wealth Magazine Winter Issue 2021

  • Women & Wealth Magazine Fall Issue 2020

    Women & Wealth Magazine Fall Issue 2020

  • Women & Wealth Magazine Winter Issue 2021

    Women & Wealth Magazine Spring Issue 2020

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    Women & Wealth Magazine Winter Issue 2020

Partnerships

New America: Better Life Lab

The Better Life Lab, an initiative from the think tank and civic enterprise New America, is a leader in the national conversation surrounding the evolution of gender roles and norms, family policy and how we work and live. They are policy entrepreneurs finding outside-the-box solutions to public problems and using research, data and reporting to inform their work and tell the stories that motivate, edify and engender change.

Women’s Philanthropy Institute

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) is part of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. WPI increases understanding of women’s philanthropy through rigorous research and education, interpreting and sharing these insights broadly to improve philanthropy.

If you would like to be more involved with the CW&W, contact us at CW&W@bbh.com.

 

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