Prof. Dr. Thomas Zellweger - Director, Center for Family Business at the University of St. Gallen

Thomas Zellweger holds the family business chair at the University of St. Gallen, where he also directs the Center for Family Business. He holds degrees from the University of St.Gallen and Université Catholique de Louvain. After two years in investment banking with Derivative, Brussels, he received his PhD from the University of St. Gallen in 2006. He was a visiting professor at Babson College, at the University of British Columbia and at the University of Witten/Herdecke. Thomas serves on multiple editorial boards. His research has been published in leading academic journals, it has received several international awards and it has been discussed in The Economist, Forbes, New York Times, CNBC, The Times, just as in the leading German speaking media outlets. Thomas is a member of three supervisory boards of family firms in Switzerland.