Lauri Union Recognized Again as a Leading Global Academic in Family Enterprise

Lauri Union, Nulsen Family Executive Director, Institute for Family Entrepreneurship

For the second year in a row, Lauri Union, the Nulsen Family Executive Director of the Institute for Family Entrepreneurship at Babson College, was named one of 16 leading global academics and a Top 100 influencer in family enterprise sector by Family Capital, a leading family enterprise publication.

“Babson has a strong family business focus, and that strength continues with the dynamism of Lauri Union,” Family Capital wrote in its recognition of Union. “Union moved to Babson (in 2018) after successfully reviving the fortunes of her family’s business, which gives her unprecedented first-hand experience of the sector few in the world of business academia have achieved. She also has updated Babson’s family business expertise with her focus on entrepreneurship within the sector.”

Read more about Lauri Union and this prestigious honor.

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