Dr. Joe Astrachan is a leading family business scholar and practitioner with 40 years of experience working with and studying family businesses. He comes from a family business background and has served on a total of 16 boards of privately owned family businesses (currently serving on eight) in a variety of industries including: heavy equipment, automotive, restaurants, building materials, food manufacturing, retailing and distribution, commercial and multifamily real estate, and healthcare.
Joe is Emeritus Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Kennesaw State University, where he previously served as Executive Director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center, and where he developed the first-ever accredited executive MBA for businesses families. He is the former Editor of the Family Business Review and the Journal of Family Business Strategy, which he co-founded. Currently, he is also the Founder and Chair of Generation 6, a family enterprise advisory firm.
Joe earned his B.A., M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. degrees at Yale University.