1.0Hult International Business Schoolhttps://www.hult.edu/blogHayley Malehttps://www.hult.edu/blog/author/hayley-male/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oTO6oMCS1T"><a href="https://www.hult.edu/blog/family-business-ladder/">Climbing the family business ladder: Q&A with EMBA alum Mike Smollan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.hult.edu/blog/family-business-ladder/embed/#?secret=oTO6oMCS1T" width="600" height="338" title="“Climbing the family business ladder: Q&A with EMBA alum Mike Smollan” — Hult International Business School" data-secret="oTO6oMCS1T" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.hult.edu/blog/media/uploads/2018/06/Family-business-ladder.jpg778453Mike Smollan, a native South African, came to study his Global Executive MBA at Hult to help further his career in his family business. Read more about how Mike's time at Hult pushed him to gain a deeper understanding of doing business on a global scale.