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Ex-Hermes CEO Thomas talks Piketty, politics – and succession
Patrick Thomas spent his entire career at family-owned firms, including Pernod Ricard, where he became…
Safras gobble up the Gherkin
The property arm of the Safras, a Brazilian banking dynasty, has bought iconic London office building…
The world’s biggest family feud
Two of Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart's children have launched a legal case against her,…
Private equity cements family ownership in the Gulf
Buyout firms are still doing deals in the Middle East, but they are very different to the leveraged buyouts…
Families are feminising the financial services
The financial services are often criticised for being too macho
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,…
Five families that control Hong Kong
Hong Kong is dominated by a small number of families, whose tycoon patriarchs made vast fortunes in the…
India’s fizzy drinks moguls go one more round
The rivalry between two brothers in the Parle conglomerate continues, even though they are now in their…
“Serving the people” tycoon dies
One of the founders of the Mittelstand has passed away, aged 88.
Nat Rothschild’s black cab gamble
The Rothschild heir has had some bad experiences, but a new app for London black cabs sounds right up…
An interview with third-gen explorer Bertrand Piccard
His father and grandfather before him plumbed the depths and reached the heights, and now he plans to…
Interview with Adi Godrej
The man who runs the huge Indian Godrej conglomerate tells Family Capital that he has one thing on his…