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From: Joi Ito < Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:23 PM To: Pritzker, Tom Cc: Epstein Jeffrey Subject: Re: Pearl Initiative Attachments: signature.asc Thanks so much Tom. I'll connect him to both of you. BTW, I don't know if you saw, but he has energy interests in Iraq. There =ight be some interesting business connections for you. He's young, =crappy and pretty interesting. ;-) - Joi On Jan 27, 2014, at 15:33 , "Pritzker, Tom" c =rote: > I'd be happy to speak w him. There is a burgeoning legion of academics =ho specialize in family businesses all of whom were rubbing Their hands =hen they saw the out break of our family food fight. If he reads two =ooks he will capture 80% of their pitch. While their are some common =earnings, the most important is that you need to be skeptical about any =ommon learnings. Too many variables. My advise to any one facing this =ssue would be they should go hang out with Jeffrey. > Anyhow I would be happy to talk w him. > Best > Tom > Sent from my iPad » On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:42 AM, "Joi Ito" wrote: » Hi Tom and Jeffrey. » A friend of mine, Badr Jafar, set up this thing called the Pearl =nitiative. >> » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Initiative » He's basically working on trying to set up best practices to not let =ompanies get messed up when they are being handed down to heirs in Arab =amilies. As part of this, he's focusing on fighting corruption and =ncreasing transparency. It's based in the UAE. » Any chance you guys would be interested in talking to him or know =nyone who would be a good consultant or academic for them? » - Joi Please use my alternative address, to avoid email auto =esponder EFTA_R1_00145522 EFTA01802834