Levy: Heavy family involvement deters outside executive talent
Michael Levy · Michael Levy – Crow Family Real Estate Empire (EP.353) · Nov 27, 2023 · at 23:35
Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, explains why Harlan Crow chose to recruit an outside executive rather than keeping leadership strictly within the family.
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“And I think you also see organizations where if you have a lot of family members working in it, you may not get other people from the outside who want that opportunity in their careers to join.”
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