Aside from the political arena, there are many women leaders in the sphere of family business. The STEP 2019 Global Family Business Survey shows that only 18% of family businesses around the world are led by women and this relatively small percentage seems to imply that women still face a glass ceiling. Married with two young children, she works full time in the family business after having gained experience in multinational companies. Such influences may shape the mentality of female family members to be more concerned with the family’s needs, rather than tending to the family business. Dr Feranita is a lecturer at Taylor’s Business School’s Faculty of Business and LawThis article is a collaboration between Family Business Network (FBN) Asia and Taylor’s University.
