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The Road to Why

What is the “why” that drives today’s most successful business leaders? Director of Business Services Eric Czepyha speaks with entrepreneurs and visionaries who have reshaped their industry about their life’s work, legacy and the greater meaning of it all.

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The Road to Why

From Northern Trust Wealth Management

From start-up founders to multi-generational family business owners, most business leaders are driven to succeed for reasons well beyond making-money. Whether it’s a passion for reshaping their industry, creating a family legacy or advancing the causes they care most about — or, in many cases, all of the above — defining the larger “why” of their life’s work is often the most important question of all. On The Road to Why, host Eric Czepyha talks with business owners and entrepreneurs about the intersection of business, family and legacy, sharing insights and life lessons from those who have found success in ways expected and unexpected.

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Eric Czepyha

Director of Business Services, Northern Trust Wealth Management

As head of Northern Trust Business Services, Eric leads a national team advising business owners and their families on strategies for achieving their visions for success. Eric has more than 15 years of experience advising clients in his capacities as legal counsel, financial advisor, board member and corporate trustee. During the course of his career, he has advised clients on a wide variety of business issues, including financial analysis and valuation, legal analysis and contract negotiation, pre-transaction planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and succession planning.

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