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Fabian Niklas Brandt

Doctoral Student

Since September 2025, Fabian Brandt has been a doctoral candidate and research assistant at the Chair of Family Business. His research examines family business groups and other long-term–oriented ownership structures—particularly their growth logics through acquisitions and new venture creation, as well as the associated integration and orchestration processes within the group.

Research interests:

  • Growth and governance in family business groups
  • Acquisition, integration, and orchestration processes
  • Entrepreneurial families, ownership logics, and transgenerational wealth

Professional Experience:

  • Independent consulting for SMEs
  • Enpal, Berlin
  • Porsche Consulting, Hamburg
  • HSBC, Düsseldorf

Academic Education:

  • Cornell University
  • ESADE Business School
  • IE Business School
  • University of St. Gallen (HSG)
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