Josh Baron

Dr. Josh Baron is a cofounder and partner at BanyanGlobal. For over a decade, he has worked closely with families who own assets together, such as operating companies, family foundations, and family offices. He helps these families define their purpose as owners and establish the structures, strategies, and skills they need to accomplish their goals. Before Banyan, he worked at Bain & Company and the Bridgespan Group. Baron teaches family business courses at Columbia Business School in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Executive Education programs. He publishes and speaks frequently on family enterprises and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, including “Why the 21st Century Will Belong to Family Businesses,” “Why Family Businesses Need to Find the Right Level of Conflict,” and “Every Business Owner Should Define What Success Looks Like.” A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Cambridge, and Columbia University, he is also the author of Great Power Peace and American Primacy: The Origins and Future of a New International Order.