Ayala Corp's tip for business longevity
Singapore
THE head honcho of a 183-year-old Philippine family business-turned-diversified corporation has this one takeaway to offer for business longevity - keep family-related issues separate from business-related ones.
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, the chairman and chief executive of Ayala Corporation, which goes back seven generations of Ayalas, said: "Because the moment those two things are mixed in a corporate setting - you don't differentiate them - it is a recipe for problems later on."
He was a guest speaker for the "Inspiring Stewardship" series during the lunch session of the Stewardship Asia Roundtable 2017 on Tuesday; the event at the Shangri-la hotel has pulled in more than 200 leaders from 20 countri…
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