In 2024, CIFEM, the family business center of the IPADE business school, published a report with BBVA on Mexican family firms. It found that “prácticamente el 97% de los líderes son miembros de la familia” (practically 97 percent of the leaders are members of the family). The report adds: “Es complicado para un miembro «no familiar» ser líder en una empresa familiar” (It is difficult for a “non-family” member to lead a family firm).
The report is based on 476 respondents. It says that its findings fit best the firms whose profile is found mainly among graduates of IPADE programs, and that they do not represent all Mexican family firms.