JacMar Corporation is a dynamic family-owned company that does business on six continents and has grown ten times since its founder

What makes some family-operated businesses succeed while others fail? This book presents 39 cases which might help any business family. The author guides the reader through the process of assessing the organizational dynamics of their firm, using as an example the JacMar family, a hypothetical company representative of a family business.

Gerald Le Van's book teaches wealthy families how to spot "flashpoints" of potential discord, how to organize themselves around their wealth, how to form family councils, and how to develop self-mediation skills to deal with family differences that inevitably arise.

Drawing on the new positive psychology, Le Van offers fresh and encouraging insights into family happiness, and how happiness can be attained and maintained by wealthy families.

JacMar Corporation is a dynamic family-owned company that does business on six continents and has grown ten times since its founder

Parents worry that their children will mismanage money or worse, that money will corrupt them. Yet money may be the last taboo topic for family discussion. Few families talk productively about what money means - about what money can buy and what it cannot.