# Prof. Belén Villalonga on family-controlled public companies

1 Faculty News December 5, 2012 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/12/05/the-kochs-crazy-dividend-policy-is-normal-for-family-controlled-firms/) -- "'Family ownership is actually good,' [Villalonga](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/Belen%20Villalonga) told me. 'It’s better having power more concentrated, and owners more committed."

[Read more](http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/12/05/the-kochs-crazy-dividend-policy-is-normal-for-family-controlled-firms/)