Torsten Pieper
Advisor
Growing up in a multinational family business involved with the manufacturing of building materials in Germany, Torsten has experienced firsthand the many aspects of operating a family enterprise that spans borders, languages and generations.
Torsten is Associate Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte, USA. Before joining UNC Charlotte, he was an associate professor at Kennesaw State University, where he was Academic Director of the Doctor of Business Administration Program and Research Director for the Cox Family Enterprise Center.
Torsten is President and Chairman of the Board of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), the largest network association of family business researchers in the world, and Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier title Journal of Family Business Strategy (JFBS), the second-most-cited academic journal dedicated to the scientific study of family businesses, and among the top third of all management and business journals worldwide (2020 Impact Factor: 5.2).
An author of numerous articles and books on family business, Torsten is a frequent speaker to professional and industry associations on the topics of family business cohesion, strategy and governance.
Torsten earned his two Master of Science degrees from Saarland University, Germany, and EM LYON Business School, France. He holds a Doctorate from EBS University of Business and Law in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
Find Torsten on LinkedIn or contact him at tpieper@generation6.com.