Because the CEO succession journey for a family-owned business unfolds over many years and shapes the future of the business, the selection and preparation of the next CEO can significantly enhance a family’s most important investment. Join Acha Leke and Chaitali Mukherjee as they discuss their recent article exploring the steps to both protect the family’s vision and achieve institutional renewal.

Geopolitics has become a first-order business variable, and leaders need to build geopolitical resilience now to remain competitive. Join Cindy Levy, Shubham Singhal, and Matt Watters as they discuss how CEOs can re-architect capital deployment, growth strategies, supply chains, and operating models — to better capture incentives, build resilience, and create competitive distance in an increasingly complex global landscape.

Outperformance in private equity is no longer defined by leverage or multiple expansion. Disciplined, holistic, value creation will be the decisive factor driving future investment success. Join us as AD Bhatia, Robin Ligon, and Jason Phillips explore what it takes to drive portfolio company value creation, drawing on our latest research from our 2026 Global Private Markets Report and our upcoming operating partner survey. John Kelleher, Managing Partner and Global Head of Portfolio Operations at CVC will join us to share an operating partner perspective.

Discover how five market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, ASML, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019-2024, outperforming peers by 5 percentage points in revenue and 7 points in profitability. Join Kate Siegel and Jill Zucker as they discuss their new article on the three critical characteristics that drive sustained profitable business growth: committed investment strategies, diversified growth engines, and systematic technology integration.

Infrastructure is at a pivotal inflection point: its definition is expanding beyond traditional assets to digital and interconnected systems, demanding a fundamental mindset shift by governments, investors, and operators to plan, fund, and maintain integrated infrastructure that supports future growth and resilience. Join Alastair Green and Adrian Kwok as they discuss the latest findings from our 2026 Global Private Markets Report and take stock of the latest trends in the sector.

Competitive advantage is becoming much more fluid as market positions shift faster across industries, with advantages eroding and differentiation narrowing. Despite this increased volatility, companies often fail to actively monitor shifts in their competitive edge. Join Matt Banholzer and Laura LaBerge as they discuss their latest research on the erosion of competitive advantage and the five rules companies can adopt to sustain and grow their edge over peers.