71: Building A Family Business And Legacy Planning w/ Nike Anani

Name: Nike Anani

Current Title: Founder at Nike Anani Consulting 

About Nike:

Nike Anani is an entrepreneur, Speaker, and Consultant. She was rated as a top-100 Family Business Consultant globally. She helps her clients bridge the gap between the senior and younger generations. As a result, they communicate, collaborate, and collectively gain clarity, to increase profit and productivity in their family businesses.

With over a decade of family business expertise in Nigeria, Nike helps owners lead their family organizations to long-term impact and legacy. Her inside experience as a second-generation family business owner birthed a passion to help other families in building legacy enterprises that would outlive them.

Nike is an accountant (ex-Deloitte UK) and a top-rated family business expert, with a Family Business and Wealth advisor qualification from Family Firm Institute. She is the co-founder of African Family Firms, a pan-African association of family businesses, and the host of “The Connected Generation” podcast – a top-10 Family Business podcast globally.

Nike’s clients choose to engage her, not only because of her extensive professional training but also because of her practical experience as both a business founder and a NextGen. This allows her to uniquely empathize with both generations and act as a connector.

Nike is a champion for diversity and celebrates the uniqueness in every individual, family, and business.

DURING THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSSED:

• The state of Black family-owned businesses
• Why creating a legacy plan for your business is important
• Knowing when to start estate planning
• Tips for setting boundaries with family in business
• How to involve and groom your children or the future owners/decision-makers of your business early
• How to build a business that will outlast you
• The importance of bridging the gaps between generations in business

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