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BROWN-FORMAN EXECUTIVES RECEIVE FAMILY ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP AWARD

By July 2, 2014Top News, VIPs

Brown-FormanBrown-Forman Corporation’s CEO, Paul C. Varga, and Board Chairman, Geo. Garvin Brown IV, were honored with the 2014 Family Enterprise Leadership Award by Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Family Enterprise on May 7, 2014. Brown-Forman was selected because of the unique partnership that family member Brown and non-family Varga have created over the past seven years. “Their collaborative leadership model has enabled a transition to and broader inclusion of the fifth and sixth generations of the family, while enhancing the company’s governance, global footprint, product mix, profitability, and market capital value,” said John Ward, co-director of the Center for Family Enterprise.

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