• About Us

Welcome to the Wisconsin Family Business Center

Family businesses who belong to the Wisconsin Family Business Center (FBC) benefit from educational programs, peer groups, resources, referrals, and networking with a supportive community.

Mission
To support family business education, prosperity, and succession in Wisconsin and beyond.
Vision
The FBC will be the premier learning community and the essential resource for all multi-generational Wisconsin family-owned businesses, with a robust and enduring statewide membership maintained through local chapters.
Core Values
The FBC is and will always be committed to education, community, and impact.

Sherry Herwig, Director of the Wisconsin Family Business Center

Welcome! The Wisconsin Family Business Center (FBC) offers a unique professional learning environment and a supportive community for business-owning families to share knowledge and experience that will help guide your family legacy into the next generation. The FBC has spent the last 25+ years supporting family business education, prosperity, and succession in Wisconsin and beyond.

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In producing Fortune 500 CEOs

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Billion economic impact to the State of Wisconsin

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In the nation for research expenditures (2019)

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Doctorates granted among U.S. Universities (2017)

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Center for World University Rankings (2018)

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Best Public college (U.S. News & World Report, 2019)

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Nobel Prizes won by Faculty or Alumni

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Pulitzer Prizes won by Faculty or Alumni