Legacy isn’t just Inherited.
It’s Earned.
- 25 JUNE 2025
- The Grand Showroom, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai
Overview
The ET NOW Family Business Excellence Summit & Awards 2025 celebrates the vision, resilience, and leadership of India’s most iconic family-run enterprises. In a world defined by disruption and short-term wins, these businesses stand apart for building with soul—preserving values across generations while evolving with purpose. This summit brings together founders, next-gen leaders, wealth custodians, and advisors for honest conversations on succession, governance, innovation, and stewardship. It is a space to reflect, reconnect, and reimagine what it means to lead with both legacy and foresight.
As legacy enterprises navigate generational shifts, digital disruption, and rising expectations around sustainability, the summit addresses the most pressing questions shaping their future—from family dynamics to institutional frameworks. Through this platform, ET Edge seeks to strengthen India’s heritage business ecosystem, celebrating their quiet yet profound contribution to the nation’s economic and cultural identity.
Honoring Family Heritage, Empowering Generations
The ET NOW Family Business Excellence Summit & Awards is a premier platform that honours the achievements and leadership of India’s legal The ET NOW Family Business Excellence Summit & Awards 2025 celebrates the legacy and leadership of India’s most iconic family enterprises. As business landscapes evolve, the summit offers a powerful platform to explore succession, governance, sustainability, and next-gen leadership. cy enterprises. Curated by the Times Group, the summit brings together leaders from multi-generational family businesses, high-net-worth individuals (HNIs), and wealth management experts to explore strategies for innovation, sustainable growth, and generational wealth planning.
In an era of rapid economic transformation, the summit addresses key focus areas such as ESG integration, succession planning, diversified investments, and family governance. Through thought-provoking panel discussions, fireside chats, and powerful networking opportunities, it aims to empower legacy-driven enterprises to evolve with purpose while preserving their core values. This initiative reinforces the legacy business ecosystem and celebrates its pivotal role in shaping India’s economic future.
India’s legacy enterprises are navigating an era of rapid economic evolution and global challenges. As these businesses evolve, they are rethinking traditional approaches to succession, investment, and governance to stay relevant in an increasingly dynamic market. The summit will offer a collaborative platform to address key themes in the legacy business landscape, including generational wealth management, diversified investments, ESG integration, and succession planning.
With curated panel discussions, fireside chats, and networking opportunities, the event will encourage thought-provoking dialogues on balancing heritage with innovation. The summit aims not only to empower legacy enterprises with cutting-edge insights but also to celebrate their significant contributions to India’s economy and society. Through this initiative, ET Edge seeks to reinforce the legacy business ecosystem, fostering an environment that supports long-term growth, sustainability, and leadership for future generations.
Coffee Table Book
The ET NOW Family Business Coffee Table Book is a beautifully curated collection that celebrates the journey, resilience, and impact of India’s most influential legacy-driven enterprises. Through compelling stories, captivating visuals, and exclusive interviews, this book pays homage to the pioneering families and leaders who have shaped India’s economic landscape across generations. Each page showcases the values, innovation, and vision that define these iconic businesses, offering readers a glimpse into the heritage, evolution, and future aspirations of India’s enduring enterprises.
Celebrating Legacy. Rewarding Excellence.
The Family Business Excellence Awards 2025 honour India’s most resilient, purpose-driven family enterprises—those that have thrived across generations, blending tradition with innovation. These awards celebrate businesses that have not only weathered the challenges of time but have also embraced governance, digital transformation, and sustainable growth. From iconic legacies to emerging next-gen leaders, the awards recognize those who uphold the values of their heritage while reimagining the future with vision and integrity.
Honoring family business founders whose original vision and leadership laid a strong foundation for generational success.
Your submission may include:
- Founding Philosophy: The core vision, values, and long-term aspirations of the founder(s)
- Legacy Impact: Milestones, transformation moments, and long-lasting industry or community contributions
- Governance Foundations: Early systems set up for continuity (e.g., family constitutions, trusts, or councils)
- Cultural Transmission: Mechanisms used to pass down values, ethics, and vision
- Family & Business Synergy: How personal and professional values were aligned
Awarded to businesses that have demonstrated excellence in transition and leadership across three or more generations.
Your submission may include:
- Family Business Timeline: Generational milestones and leadership roles
- Succession Models: Formal succession planning and mentoring initiatives
- Continuity Systems: Legal, financial, and cultural mechanisms ensuring smooth transitions
- Shared Purpose: Common vision, values, and operational philosophy
- Business Performance and Longevity: Growth, resilience, and innovation across generations
For businesses that successfully blend heritage values with bold innovation strategies.
Your submission may include:
- Heritage-Inspired Innovation: Reimagination of traditional practices, crafts, or narratives
- New Market Creation: Expansion into modern categories while retaining authenticity
- Collaborative Approach: Co-creation with partners, artisans, or designers
- Outcome Metrics: Brand growth, product success, or customer loyalty
- Preservation with Progress: Balancing cultural continuity with modernization
Celebrating bold rebranding, reinvention, or transformation of a family business brand.
Your submission may include:
- Need for Reinvention: Business context, market shifts, or generational transitions
- Transformation Process: New branding, product overhaul, digital shifts
- Family-Led Strategy: Role of family members in driving the change
- Impact and Results: Market share, customer base, brand value
- Future-Readiness: Brand’s adaptability and sustainability moving forward
For significant expansion across geographies, industries, or verticals led by family vision.
Your submission may include:
- Expansion Strategy: Domestic or global market entries, diversification timelines
- Family Leadership: Strategic involvement of family in growth plans
- Execution Models: M&A, greenfield ventures, or joint ventures
- Risk and Resilience: How challenges were navigated during scale-up
- Cultural Alignment: Maintaining identity and values across growth geographies
For significant expansion across geographies, industries, or verticals led by family vision.
Your submission may include:
- Expansion Strategy: Domestic or global market entries, diversification timelines
- Family Leadership: Strategic involvement of family in growth plans
- Execution Models: M&A, greenfield ventures, or joint ventures
- Risk and Resilience: How challenges were navigated during scale-up
- Cultural Alignment: Maintaining identity and values across growth geographies
For families demonstrating responsible governance, values-based leadership, and long-term stewardship.
Your submission may include:
- Governance Structures: Family councils, advisory boards, protocols
- Role Clarity: Balance between family and professional leadership
- Conflict Navigation: Mechanisms to manage disagreements or transitions
- Stewardship Values: Education, succession, and ethical wealth management
- Outcome Indicators: Trust levels, stakeholder alignment, decision-making transparency
Award Categories
Heritage Enterprise of the Year
Multigenerational Excellence Legacy
Heritage Innovation Vanguard
Legacy Brand Reimagined Award
Dynastic Expansion Excellence
Sustainable Legacy Leader
Generational Stewardship Excellence
Enduring Values Leadership Award
Recognizing a business that has upheld heritage, tradition, and cultural identity while remaining commercially relevant.
Your submission may include:
- Historical Continuity:
- Age, origin, and evolution of the business
- Community and Cultural Relevance:
- Role in shaping regional or sectoral identity
- Adaptation Strategy:
- Innovation without compromising heritage
- Customer Loyalty and Trust:
- Long-standing stakeholder relationships
- Brand Storytelling:
- Use of legacy in marketing or organizational narrative
Awarded to businesses that have demonstrated excellence in transition and leadership across three or more generations.
Your submission may include:
- Family Business Timeline:
- Generational milestones and leadership roles
- Succession Models:
- Formal succession planning and mentoring initiatives
- Continuity Systems:
- Legal, financial, and cultural mechanisms ensuring smooth transitions
- Shared Purpose:
- Common vision, values, and operational philosophy
- Business Performance and Longevity:
- Growth, resilience, and innovation across generations
Recognizing a business that has upheld heritage, tradition, and cultural identity while remaining commercially relevant.
Your submission may include:
- Heritage-Inspired Innovation:
- Reimagination of traditional practices, crafts, or narratives
- New Market Creation:
- Expansion into modern categories while retaining authenticity
- Collaborative Approach:
- Co-creation with partners, artisans, or designers
- Outcome Metrics:
- Brand growth, product success, or customer loyalty
- Preservation with Progress:
- Balancing cultural continuity with modernization
Celebrating bold rebranding, reinvention, or transformation of a family business brand.
Your submission may include:
- Need for Reinvention:
- Business context, market shifts, or generational transitions
- Transformation Process:
- New branding, product overhaul, digital shifts
- Family-Led Strategy:
- Role of family members in driving the change
- Impact and Results:
- Market share, customer base, brand value
- Future-Readiness:
- Brand’s adaptability and sustainability moving forward
For significant expansion across geographies, industries, or verticals led by family vision.
Your submission may include:
- Expansion Strategy:
- Domestic or global market entries, diversification timelines
- Family Leadership:
- Strategic involvement of family in growth plans
- Execution Models:
- M&A, greenfield ventures, or joint ventures
- Risk and Resilience:
- How challenges were navigated during scale-up
- Cultural Alignment:
- Maintaining identity and values across growth geographies
Recognizing businesses with a long-term, generational commitment to sustainability goals.
- Celebrates family businesses that have successfully integrated ESG principles and sustainability practices
- Recognizes enterprises that balance traditional values with forward-thinking approaches to environmental and social governance
- Aligns with the summit's discussion on next-gen priorities around sustainable practices and eco-conscious growth
For families demonstrating responsible governance, values-based leadership, and long-term stewardship.
Your submission may include:
- Governance Structures:
- Family councils, advisory boards, protocols
- Role Clarity:
- Balance between family and professional leadership
- Conflict Navigation:
- Mechanisms to manage disagreements or transitions
- Stewardship Values:
- Education, succession, and ethical wealth management
- Outcome Indicators:
- Trust levels, stakeholder alignment, decision-making transparency
For families whose core values continue to guide their decisions across generations.
Your submission may include:
- Core Values Framework:
- Origin and articulation of core family values
- Business Practice Alignment:
- Decision-making influenced by these values
- Values Transmission:
- Storytelling, mentoring, rituals, or written charters
- External Impact:
- Community goodwill, ethical sourcing, stakeholder trust
- Long-Term Integrity:
- Consistency of values over decades or across crises
To maintain the integrity and impact of the Family Business Summit, participating enterprises must meet specific criteria that reflect enduring legacy, scale, and multi-generational leadership
The ET NOW Family Business Excellence Awards 2025 follow a rigorous, transparent process based on independent research and expert evaluation to honor India’s top family-run enterprises.
Honoring family business founders whose original vision and leadership laid a strong foundation for generational success.
Your submission may include:
- Founding Philosophy: The core vision, values, and long-term aspirations of the founder(s)
- Legacy Impact: Milestones, transformation moments, and long-lasting industry or community contributions
- Governance Foundations: Early systems set up for continuity (e.g., family constitutions, trusts, or councils)
- Cultural Transmission: Mechanisms used to pass down values, ethics, and vision
- Family & Business Synergy: How personal and professional values were aligned
Awarded to businesses that have demonstrated excellence in transition and leadership across three or more generations.
Your submission may include:
- Family Business Timeline: Generational milestones and leadership roles
- Succession Models: Formal succession planning and mentoring initiatives
- Continuity Systems: Legal, financial, and cultural mechanisms ensuring smooth transitions
- Shared Purpose: Common vision, values, and operational philosophy
- Business Performance and Longevity: Growth, resilience, and innovation across generations
For businesses that successfully blend heritage values with bold innovation strategies.
Your submission may include:
- Heritage-Inspired Innovation: Reimagination of traditional practices, crafts, or narratives
- New Market Creation: Expansion into modern categories while retaining authenticity
- Collaborative Approach: Co-creation with partners, artisans, or designers
- Outcome Metrics: Brand growth, product success, or customer loyalty
- Preservation with Progress: Balancing cultural continuity with modernization
Celebrating bold rebranding, reinvention, or transformation of a family business brand.
Your submission may include:
- Need for Reinvention: Business context, market shifts, or generational transitions
- Transformation Process: New branding, product overhaul, digital shifts
- Family-Led Strategy: Role of family members in driving the change
- Impact and Results: Market share, customer base, brand value
- Future-Readiness: Brand’s adaptability and sustainability moving forward
For significant expansion across geographies, industries, or verticals led by family vision.
Your submission may include:
- Expansion Strategy: Domestic or global market entries, diversification timelines
- Family Leadership: Strategic involvement of family in growth plans
- Execution Models: M&A, greenfield ventures, or joint ventures
- Risk and Resilience: How challenges were navigated during scale-up
- Cultural Alignment: Maintaining identity and values across growth geographies
Recognizing businesses with a long-term, generational commitment to sustainability goals.
Your submission may include:
- Sustainability Governance: Dedicated leadership or steering committees
- Intergenerational Goals: Family-wide buy-in on sustainability targets
- ESG Frameworks: Disclosures, ratings, and certifications
- Impact Measurement: KPIs related to people, planet, and profits
- Thought Leadership: Role in driving industry sustainability standards
For families demonstrating responsible governance, values-based leadership, and long-term stewardship.
Your submission may include:
- Governance Structures: Family councils, advisory boards, protocols
- Role Clarity: Balance between family and professional leadership
- Conflict Navigation: Mechanisms to manage disagreements or transitions
- Stewardship Values: Education, succession, and ethical wealth management
- Outcome Indicators: Trust levels, stakeholder alignment, decision-making transparency
For families whose core values continue to guide their decisions across generations.
Your submission may include:
- Core Values Framework: Origin and articulation of core family values
- Business Practice Alignment: Decision-making influenced by these values
- Values Transmission: Storytelling, mentoring, rituals, or written charters
- External Impact: Community goodwill, ethical sourcing, stakeholder trust
- Long-Term Integrity: Consistency of values over decades or across crises
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the Spark Capital Wealth Management presents ET NOW Family Business Excellence Summit & Awards 2025 comprises distinguished industry leaders, respected legacy business owners, and seasoned experts who bring strategic insight, credibility, and thought leadership to the platform. Their role is pivotal in shaping the agenda, curating relevant themes, and ensuring the awards reflect the highest standards of integrity and impact.
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HH Manvendra Singh Gohil
Co-Founder & MD
Searchends
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Dr. Ram Charan
Global Business and Leadership Consultant
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Harsh Mariwala
Founder & Chairman
Marico
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Arpita Vinay
MD & Co-CEO
Spark Capital Private Wealth Management
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Amit Kalyani
Vice Chairman & Joint MD
Bharat Forge
Insightful Dialogues. Impactful Takeaways.
Visionary Keynotes & Founder Dialogues
Leadership Fireside Chats with Next-Gen Heirs
Candid Debates on Power Dynamics & Innovation
Deep-Dive Trilogues on Succession & Governance
A Black-Tie Gala Networking Dinner with industry leaders
- Family Business Founders, CEOs, and Directors
- Next-Generation Entrepreneurs
- Family Office Professionals & Advisors
- Estate Planners & Investment Strategists
- HNIs, Philanthropists, and Trustees
Meet the Minds Shaping Family Legacies
- Family Business Founders, CEOs, and Directors
- Next-Generation Entrepreneurs
- Family Office Professionals & Advisors
- Estate Planners & Investment Strategists
- HNIs, Philanthropists, and Trustees
- Revenue Growth Rate
- Profitability Metrics
- Employee Generation Rate
- Market Share Growth
- Return on Investment (ROI) in Innovation
- Sustainability Performance
- Shareholder Value Creation
- Cost Management and Operational Efficiency
- Chairpersons & CEOs
- Managing Directors & COOs
- CFOs & Wealth Managers
- Directors of Strategy & Growth
- Family Office Executives
- Estate Planners & Legal Advisors
- Board Members & Trustees
- HNIs & Philanthropists
- Investment & Financial Advisors
- Consultants & Advisors
- Multi-Generational Business Leaders
Key Takeaways
Gain Strategic Insights
Unlock Growth Opportunities
Explore Best Practices in Governance and Leadership
Empower Your Vision with Data-Driven Decisions
Build Connections with Industry Pioneers
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