Andrew Keyt

Andrew Keyt brings over 25 years of professional family business consulting experience and is an internationally known business strategist and succession planning expert.

Prior to founding Generation6, Andrew was the President and Founder of Keyt Consulting, a private firm that assists family enterprises with succession and strategic planning, dealing with family conflict and communication, working with adult sibling and cousin teams, and executing emergency management transitions. He was worked extensively with some of the largest enterprising families in the United States.

Andrew served as the Clinical Professor in Family Business and Executive Director of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center for over 20 years. In addition, he led the Family Business Network – United States (FBN-USA), the leading network for business-owning families worldwide, as President and member of the board between 1998 and 2020.

Andrew is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Family Firm Institute Interdisciplinary Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in the advancement of interdisciplinary services to business families. He is a published author, presenter and contributor of more than 100 articles in trade journal publications. Andrews’s book, “Myths and Mortals: Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning,” leverages groundbreaking research to guide new family business leaders on how to establish credibility and run their operations their way.

Andrew holds an Executive MBA for Families in Business, an M.S. in Marital and Family Therapy and a B.A. in Psychology. He is based in Chicago.