Paul Karofsky is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Harvard Business School’s OPM Program. After 22 years, mostly as third generation CEO in his family’s distribution business, he sold the company and earned his Ed.M. from Harvard University focused on the psychosocial lives of families and intergenerational relationships. He is Executive Director Emeritus of Northeastern University’s Center for Family Business, which he was instrumental in launching, and where the Leadership Development Forum was endowed and named in his honor. Paul is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Family Firm Institute and holds a Certificate in Family Business Advising with Fellow Status. He is a recipient of the Institute’s Hollander Award and a member of the faculty of FFI’s GEN Certificate Program. Also trained as a mediator, Paul was a peer reviewer for Harvard University Press, a monthly columnist for BusinessWeek Online, Case Study Editor of Nation’s Business, Families in Business and a columnist for Family Office Review. Paul and his son, David, are the principals of Transition Consulting Group, Ltd, dedicated to serving family and closely held businesses. The are co-authors of So You're in the Family Business. Married for fifty-four years, Paul and his wife have two children and four grandchildren. Recently retired, he served, internationally, as a consultant to families, businesses and educational institutions. if you were thinking of working with Paul, please contact his son, David, at: David@fambizconsulting.com.
Listed skills include Leadership Development, Family Business, Leadership, Executive Coaching, and 37 others.
