Women in Power:
A Global Study on Leadership in Family Enterprises

This is an invitation to women in family enterprises – from owners and leaders to next-generation stewards and beneficiaries – to share the journey that only you can tell.

Whether you’re shaping decisions in a boardroom, guiding your family’s legacy, or preparing to lead in the future, your story matters. We want to understand how you experience responsibility, how your values shape your path, and what leadership means to you.

Join our movement to spotlight the voices of women who are transforming family enterprises from within. Your insights will help paint a fuller picture of leadership today – and redefine what it means for generations to come.

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About This Project

The Women in Power project seeks to uncover and amplify the authentic experiences of women in family enterprises. Born from countless conversations with women who've stepped into complex roles – by design or necessity – we're moving beyond the typical "successful woman" narrative.

Building on the Women in Power pilot study conducted in 2023 – based on 11 in-depth interviews with women from diverse family enterprises – we are now launching a global survey to capture a more varied scope of women’s experiences.

We're creating space for the full spectrum: quiet influence, reluctant responsibility, inherited conflict, and courageous decisions.

Our aim is to understand how women join, shape, and navigate family enterprises on their own terms.

This study isn't about proving anything. It's about surfacing what's already true – just often unspoken.

Quotes from the Women in Power Pilot Study

Why This Matters Now

Women leading family enterprises are at a pivotal moment. They are inheriting more wealth and stepping into broader roles than ever before, yet their paths to leadership, and the resources they build along the way, remain largely understudied.

Your participation helps:

Record real leadership stories

Documenting women's journeys preserves valuable lessons for future generations.

Showcase women's impact

Women bring unique perspectives that enhance business resilience, innovation, and sustainability.

Identify shared challenges and strengths

Finding common experiences creates supportive networks and best practices.

Forge paths for future leaders

Your insights improve succession planning for the next generation.

Voices of Women in Power

This conversation between Ramia El Agamy, Marina Vaughan Spitzy and Meghan Juday – co-creators of the Women in Power pilot study – explores the inspiration behind the research and what they discovered through 11 in-depth interviews with women from diverse family enterprise backgrounds. Rather than focusing on textbook definitions of success, the study uncovered the often quiet, complex, and deeply personal ways women enter and shape leadership roles within their families.

From navigating identity and legacy to challenging inherited expectations, this dialogue reflects the heart of the project: creating space for real, unfiltered stories that expand our understanding of women’s leadership in family enterprises. The global survey builds on these insights to invite more voices into the conversation.

Who Can Take Part?

This survey is for you if:

You Identify as a Woman

You self identify as a woman and are part of a family enterprise.

Your Position

You own or have a leadership position in your family enterprise.

How You Started

You joined the family enterprise intentionally, unexpectedly, through inheritance, or out of necessity.

Your answers will help us understand how and why women enter family enterprises, and how these beginnings affect their leadership and ideas.

What to Expect

Here's what you can expect when completing our survey:

Time Needed

The survey takes just 6 - 10 minutes to complete

Question Types

You'll answer simple multiple choice and short answer questions

Privacy

Your responses remain completely anonymous throughout the process

Results

Your valuable input contributes to a public report on women in family enterprises

The Women Behind This Survey

This important study is led by a team of experts who work with family businesses.

Marina Vaughan Spitzy

Marina draws on her experience in a fifth-generation family enterprise to support families navigating wealth, responsibility, and transition. She is the founder of Tecolote Advisory and Managing Partner at Corecam Private Office—helping families find clarity, purpose, and confidence in their decisions.

Ramia M. El Agamy

Ramia is a second-generation family enterprise member and co-founder and podcast host of Women in Family Business, a platform dedicated to amplifying women's thought leadership in family enterprises and collecting their unique stories.

Get Survey Results & Updates

Stay informed on the groundbreaking insights from this global study and receive updates on future initiatives. Your voice is part of a larger, transformative dialogue for women in family enterprises.

Learn More About Us

If you'd like to learn more about this project and the people behind it feel free to contact us.