Family Expert

Greg McCann has been surrounded by family businesses his whole life. His dad was a serial entrepreneur, and Greg followed suit. By 11 years old, young Greg was selling donuts door to door.

In his 20s, he worked for two of his family's companies. By 30, he decided to become a professor at Stetson University in DeLand, but that didn't keep him away from family businesses. Just eight years later, he asked to start the Family Enterprise Center at Stetson.

A year into founding the department, families started to reach out for consulting work. Now 15 years old, McCann's six-person company, McCann & Associates, advises businesses around the U.S. and presents at conferences on family business.