I am particularly impressed with Bel’s unyielding passion for its products and brands, and its willingness and skill at addressing the needs of frontier markets.

The aim of the Award is to highlight the important economic contribution of family businesses to the global economy.

US competitiveness has a deep impact on the rest of the world because it is uniquely interacting with every economy, advanced or emerging.

Europe is burdened with austerity and fragmented political leadership and is hardly a credible substitute, while a South-South bloc of emerging markets is still a work in progress. In the end, if the US competes, the world succeeds