Born and raised in Belgium , Francois has been a financial advisor and consultant to family businesses and family offices for 30 years . At Smith Barney , he founded the Family Business Group , the first group on Wall Street specializing in advising family businesses. In 1990, he founded de Visscher & Co. , a worldwide leading advisory firm to business owning families and single family offices , having assisted to date well over 300 families on capital , liquidity , governance and direct investment issues . In 2000, he co-founded the Business Growth Alliance ( Pittsburgh , PA ) and Family Capital Growth Partners , LP ( Greenwich CT ) . In 2007 , he founded Family Capital Partners , a