Don’t let dad’s wisdom stay on the golf course
Retired CEOs or founders can be a pain for their successors, but they can also be a repository of experience…
Germany’s family firms are in rude health
A number of reports show that Germany's Mittelstand is performing better than non-family firms.
Do rich families contribute to inequality?
Recent research suggests that family businesses help to make society more unequal, but is that really…
Families are feminising the financial services
The financial services are often criticised for being too macho.
French business leader and Taittinger heir dies
The man known as Big Moustache died when his plane crashed in Moscow, a great loss for Total and for…
Five tips for surviving sibling businesses
Sibling businesses can give rise to worse fallings-out that any other sort of family firm, so how do…
Hitting the goldilocks point is the key to outperformance
It’s a perennial debate at private firms once they reach a certain point: should you float or not?
Ayala award recognises Asian families
Congratulations to the Ayala Corporation, the 180-year-old, seventh-generation Philippine conglomerate…
Are family businesses getting tougher?
A PWC report says that they are giving less back to the community than they once did, but is that really…
Proof that private equity can work for families
The received wisdom is that short-termist private equity and long-termist family businesses can never…
Five football clubs owned by families
You might think that having a family as the owner of a football club might make for stability and success.
Hong Kong’s tycoons are here to stay
It is often said that a small coterie of billionaire business dynasties have huge power in Hong Kong.
From riches to more riches in three generations
Abigail Johnson has become the third generation of the founding family to take the reins at Fidelity,…