web01.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:05:02 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/ownership Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0600 What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. en-us episodic Bringing you insights on ownership from the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin School of Business Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. no Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School boumgardenp@wustl.edu https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/12 b78a69f8-4086-43de-996f-024d280ea1ac Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0600 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School bonus 3 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time? 7:48 no OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time? AI, Data, OpenAI, Ownership, Family Business OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time?

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]]> https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/2-1 abb81f2d-95a1-4f27-976d-46f84e9b003d Tue, 19 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0600 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School full 1 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School In the first episode of our second season of The Owner's Box -- we look at transitions of business ownership. What shifts as ownership changes hands, and how should policymakers navigate the so-called silver tsunami of baby boomers transitioning their businesses in one way or another. 37:59 no In 2024, Peter Boumgarden had the opportunity to lead a group of researchers and commissioners in a shared venture between Washington University in St. Louis and the Brookings Institution looking at the shifts of ownership for privately held firms. Because of the amount of these that are owned by baby boomers, it is often called a kind of silver tsunami. Today, you are going to hear pieces of that story from a few members of the team. Olin Business School, Brookings Institution, Enova, Edward Jones, US Bank, In 2024, Peter Boumgarden had the opportunity to lead a group of researchers and commissioners in a shared venture between Washington University in St. Louis and the Brookings Institution looking at the shifts of ownership for privately held firms. Because of the amount of these that are owned by baby boomers, it is often called a kind of silver tsunami. Today, you are going to hear pieces of that story from a few members of the team.

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