Eureka Case 25 min Undergrad

After the Exit

You are Marta, 61. Last Friday you stepped down as CEO of a Spanish industrial firm you led for nine years. The retirement party was generous, the press release was polite, and now it is Monday morning and your calendar is empty for the first time since 1989.

The situation

The numbers are fine. Severance and accelerated equity total €4M liquid with another €8M in deferred comp over the next four years. Health is good. Your husband Joaquín retired two years ago and has settled into woodworking and the family farm. Your three children are 28, 31, and 33 — independent, mostly geographically close.

The phone is already ringing. A private-equity firm wants you on their portfolio-company board. A foundation working on rural-Spain depopulation has invited you to chair their advisory board. A former colleague is raising a sustainability-focused fund and wants you as founding partner. Your daughter is six months pregnant. Joaquín thinks you'll be bored by Christmas.

Your job in this case: look at the data on how peer ex-CEOs actually spent the last two years, model your own time allocation, and commit to a shape for the next chapter. There's no urgency. There is also no script.

The decision

What shape does the next chapter take?

  • A · Portfolio life
  • B · Build something new
  • C · Step back

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