The dumping of family business stock indices and what it says about the sector
Fifteen years ago, family business stock indices were popular.
The Pritzker hegemony in the family office world
Yes, the Rockefellers might have started them, but no family has had more influence over the entire family…
Person of the Week: Sammy Lee – Building a 1,000-year-old family business with happiness
Sammy Lee, chairman of Lee Kum Kee Group, wants to build a 1,000-year-old business.
Unholy alliance – family investment groups and the big buyout funds
Family capital has become a significant force in global capital markets, but the big buyout funds still…
Life science drives most family office investment, followed by fintech – FamCap Analytics
Investment in life sciences - healthcare, biotech, medical equipment - remains the most popular direct…
Family capital reviving a once down-on-its-luck US city
Two generations of one of America’s wealthiest families are revitalising a classic rust belt town in…
Great and the good of family enterprises back promising pancreatic cancer biotech
A who’s who of Nordic family enterprises and top pharma executives are backing one of the most promising…
Person of the Week: Surinder Arora
Through his ambitious plan to build a new runway at the country’s biggest airport, Surinder Arora,…
Person of the Week: David Ellison
David Ellison, the son of Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest individual in the world, is poised to…
Family offices, not traditional venture investors, behind one of the most exciting IPOs of the year
Prominent family offices in the US and Switzerland anticipate a big return when a Texas-based space company,…
IKEA isn’t a family business, but it might just become one again
Ingvar Kamprad died in 2018 after creating one of the most recognisable retail brands in the world, IKEA.
Person of the Week: Jeremy Coller
Jeremy Coller, a London-based financier, is rather good at the specialised world of private credit secondaries.
A third-generation family dynasty restructures and makes a killing on ultra-new media
Supposedly, third-generation family businesses are the weak link in the evolution of the concept.