Douglas D Box is an author, speaker, mediator, and family business consultant. Doug brings personal experience to his understanding of family dynamics, helping families with succession planning, corporate governance, dispute resolution, and family communication. Doug has also entertained audiences around the country at wealth-management conferences, trade associations, and family-business forums. He also serves as a guest lecturer at a number of universities on the topic of family business management.

In September of 2014, Doug published his first book, Cutter Frisco: Growing Up on the Original Southfork Ranch. Doug has been featured in a number of newspaper and magazine articles and has appeared on network television and radio.

The youngest of four sons, he grew up and worked in his family’s oil & gas business. Doug received an MBA with honors from Baylor University, and a master of arts in dispute resolution from Southern Methodist University. He also holds a certificate in family business advising from the Family Firm Institute, in Boston. As an undergraduate, he obtained bachelor degrees in business administration and radio–TV–film from the University of Texas at Austin.

Doug lives in Dallas and has three children.

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